Andre Gide Quotes

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• Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else.

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  Thinking, Found

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• A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned

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  Men, Thinking

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• It is one of life's laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.

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  Doors, Law, Tragedy

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• It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

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  Communication, Learning, Knowledge

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• A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly

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  Butterfly, Know Thyself, Caterpillars

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• One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Counterfeiters". Book by Andre Gide, 1925.

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• True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

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  Men, Intelligent, Modest

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.280, Routledge

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• Nothing excellent can be done without leisure.

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  Done, Leisure, Excellent

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• The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.

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  Truth Is, Knows, Obliged

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• When everything belongs to everyone, nobody will take care of anything.

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  Care, Communism, Take Care

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• The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.

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  Truth, Lying, Artist

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• The color of truth is gray.

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  Color, Intellectual, Intelligence

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• He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

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  Respect, Rose, Wildflowers

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• We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

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  Summer, Flower, Lasts

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• I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

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  Life, Spring, Real

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• Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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• The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.

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  Wise, Men, Wonder

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• Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.

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  People, Opinion, Occasions

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.280, Routledge

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• The only real education comes from what goes counter to you.

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  Education, Real, Real Education

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• There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.

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  Doors, Law

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• Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

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  Truth, Believe, Profound

  "Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les Jeux sont faits". Book by André Gide, p. 174, 1952.

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

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  Beautiful, Writing, Madness

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• The wise man is astonished by anything.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.

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  Philosophy, Answers, Forgotten

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