To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

Quote by Andre Gide

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In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....