Quotes by Andre Gide

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

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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

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

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

#Andre Gide

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

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It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

#Andre Gide

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

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

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

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

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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

#Andre Gide