Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Age Quotes

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who...

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who...

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

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...

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...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

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...

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.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore 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...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.