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Andre Gide

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ANDRE GIDE So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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ANDRE GIDE Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
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ANDRE GIDE Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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ANDRE GIDE It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
ANDRE GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.
ANDRE GIDE Dare to be yourself.
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ANDRE GIDE Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
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ANDRE GIDE Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?
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ANDRE GIDE One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDE May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.
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ANDRE GIDE There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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ANDRE GIDE The color of truth is gray.
ANDRE GIDE It is now, and in this world, that we must live
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ANDRé GIDE Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
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ANDRé GIDE Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
ANDRé GIDE A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly
ANDRé GIDE Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.
ANDRé GIDE Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
ANDRé GIDE You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore
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ANDRé GIDE He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
ANDRé GIDE Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.
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ANDRé GIDE Please do not understand me too quickly.
ANDRé GIDE Everything's already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.
ANDRé GIDE The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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ANDRé GIDE The color of truth is grey.
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ANDRé GIDE Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
ANDRé GIDE Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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ANDRé GIDE Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It's their way of falling.
ANDRé GIDE God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRé GIDE Dare to be yourself
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ANDRé GIDE Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything m...
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ANDRÉ GIDE The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.
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ANDRE MAUROIS Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
ANDRE MAUROIS Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
ANDRE MAUROIS Business is a combination of war and sport.
ANDRE MAUROIS The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
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ANDRE MALRAUX What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets
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