It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
ANDRE GIDE I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and se...
ANDRE GIDE Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...
ANDRE GIDE Before I explain my book to others, I expect them to explain it to me. To claim to explain it first ...
ANDRE GIDE All these books have lived together ... inside my mind. They follow one another only on paper and be...
ANDRE GIDE Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined ...
ANDRE GIDE Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
ANDRE GIDE It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them...
ANDRE GIDE Man: The most complex of beings, and thus the most dependent of beings. On all that made you up, you...
ANDRE GIDE February 13, 1951. No! I cannot claim that with the end of this notebook, of the notebook, al...
ANDRE GIDE There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Le...
ANDRE GIDE The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say -- be...
ANDRE GIDE Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDE Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gard...
ANDRE GIDE It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it...
ANDRE GIDE The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
ANDRE GIDE Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from th...
ANDRE GIDE Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious ...
ANDRE GIDE A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
ANDRE GIDE The abominable effort to take one's sins with one to paradise.
ANDRE GIDE No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on co...
ANDRE GIDE Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDE It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.
ANDRE GIDE Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDE Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDE It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them...
ANDRE GIDE Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone
ANDRE GIDE Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
ANDRE GIDE The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity
ANDRE GIDE It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them...
ANDRE GIDE Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
ANDRE GIDE Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
ANDRE GIDE It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct the...
ANDRE GIDE It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct the...
ANDRE GIDE Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.
ANDRE GIDE Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death
ANDRE GIDE There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession
ANDRE GIDE It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do ...
ANDRE GIDE Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever ...
ANDRE GIDE Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning a...
ANDRE GIDE The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
ANDRE GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
ANDRE GIDE One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDE So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
ANDRE GIDE There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Le...
ANDRE GIDE Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
ANDRE GIDE Not everyone can be an orphan.
ANDRE GIDE I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemi...
ANDRE GIDE Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own developmen...
ANDRE GIDE The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone c...
ANDRE GIDE Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
ANDRE GIDE Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own developm...
ANDRE GIDE If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn't hesitate to do so.
ANDRE GIDE Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
ANDRE GIDE The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole cours...
ANDRE GIDE The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course...
ANDRE GIDE Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you your...
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.
ANDRE GIDE Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.
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?
ANDRE GIDE Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable
ANDRE GIDE Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if tod...
ANDRE GIDE It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written
ANDRE GIDE Prejudices are the props of civilization
ANDRE GIDE The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - bec...
ANDRE GIDE To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpr...
ANDRE GIDE Understanding is the beginning of approving
ANDRE GIDE He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands upon others
ANDRE GIDE Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less...
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.
ANDRE GIDE Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has eve...
ANDRE GIDE The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes
ANDRE GIDE If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn't hesitate to do so
ANDRE GIDE Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases
ANDRE GIDE Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in which the parents do not a...
ANDRE GIDE The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best...
ANDRE GIDE The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy...
ANDRE GIDE God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDE Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness
ANDRE GIDE Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes
ANDRE GIDE I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves
ANDRE GIDE What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as y...
ANDRE GIDE There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDE The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
ANDRE GIDE At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at the approach of old age my real ...
ANDRE GIDE It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of t...
ANDRE GIDE In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in ...
ANDRE GIDE Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
ANDRE GIDE Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own developm...
ANDRE GIDE Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
ANDRE GIDE To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and tra...
ANDRE GIDE The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations
ANDRE GIDE The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.
ANDRE GIDE The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes
ANDRE GIDE The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself
ANDRE GIDE How do you know when the fruit is ripe? - Simple: When it leaves the branch
ANDRE GIDE Hugo - alas!
ANDRE GIDE Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age
ANDRE GIDE Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness
ANDRE GIDE A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly
ANDRE GIDE Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason
ANDRE GIDE The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.
ANDRE GIDE Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys
ANDRE GIDE There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome
ANDRE GIDE One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time
ANDRE GIDE What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer
ANDRE GIDE To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom
ANDRE GIDE The color of truth is gray.
ANDRE GIDE It is now, and in this world, that we must live
ANDRE GIDE Il est bien des choses qui ne paraissent impossibles que tant qu'on ne les a pas tentées.
ANDRE GIDE What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be tol...
ANDRE GIDE Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if...
ANDRE GIDE There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
ANDRE GIDE I do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRé GIDE There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRé GIDE When I got back to Marceline, I did not conceal from her how tedious I found all these acquaintances...
ANDRé GIDE In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring...
ANDRé GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
ANDRé GIDE Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRé GIDE Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
ANDRé GIDE I cannot," said he, "expect everyone to have my virtues. It's good enough to meet with my vices...
ANDRé GIDE This is my thesis: Do you know what is needful to turn an honest man into a rogue! A change of scene...
ANDRé GIDE We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
ANDRé GIDE Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRé GIDE Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
ANDRé GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for something you are not.
ANDRé GIDE Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-impo...
ANDRé GIDE Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating ...
ANDRé GIDE The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say — b...
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
ANDRé GIDE You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not be...
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.
ANDRé GIDE Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else coul...
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.
ANDRé GIDE Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
ANDRé GIDE The color of truth is grey.
ANDRé GIDE We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of oursel...
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.
ANDRé GIDE Then you think that one can keep a hopeless love in one's heart for so long as that?...And that life...
ANDRé GIDE On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir à perdre de vue, d'abord et longtemps, tout ri...
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
ANDRé GIDE One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRé GIDE Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything m...
ANDRé GIDE Most people believe it is only by constraint they can get any good out of themselves, and so they li...
ANDRé GIDE I have a horror of rest; possessions encourage one to indulge in it, and there's nothing like securi...
ANDRé GIDE I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural, and the pleasure I feel in an action, I tak...
ANDRé GIDE Will it be here that we shall find a place which will not elude us, or which if it remains does not ...
ANDRé GIDE The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerit...
ANDRÉ GIDE The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.
ANDRE KERTESZ I want to be remembered for my poop jokes. Those are the most important kind.
ERIC ANDRE The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitn...
ANDRE MAUROIS There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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.
ANDRE MAUROIS We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
ANDRE MAUROIS If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you crea...
ANDRE MAUROIS Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished...
ANDRE MAUROIS The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions...
ANDRE MAUROIS The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
ANDRE MAUROIS An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go floppin...
ANDRE MAUROIS Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
ANDRE MAUROIS Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her ...
ANDRE MAUROIS I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, ...
ERIC ANDRE I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.
ANDRE RIEU People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getti...
ANDRE PREVIN I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.
ANDRE AGASSI First paying gig, I got 20 bucks. I played at some really weird venue. I don't remember the venu...
ERIC ANDRE As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life ...
JOHN ANDRE Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted
ANDRE MALRAUX An art book is a museum without walls.
ANDRE MALRAUX What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets
ANDRE MALRAUX The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten
ANDRE MALRAUX The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion o...
ANDRE MALRAUX To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
ANDRE MALRAUX Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or id...
ANDRE MALRAUX Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the...
ANDRE MAUROIS Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world
ANDRE MAUROIS There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and comple...
ANDRE MAUROIS All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discip...
ANDRE MAUROIS In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.
ANDRE MAUROIS Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same to...
ANDRE AGASSI A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
ANDRE MAUROIS The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the w...
ANDRE RIEU 'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't...
ERIC ANDRE