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Andre Gide Quotes: "The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes."

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



Andre Gide Quotes: "One completely overcomes only what one assimilates."

One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.




Andre Gide Quotes: "Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live."

Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.



Andre Gide Quotes: "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.




Andre Gide Quotes: "There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them."

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all."

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



Andre Gide Quotes: "In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime."

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.




Andre Gide Quotes: "Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences."

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.



Andre Gide Quotes: "It is now, and in this world, that we must live."

It is now, and in this world, that we must live.



Andre Gide Quotes: "No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.



Andre Gide Quotes: "It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace."

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.



Andre Gide Quotes: "We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves."

We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.




Andre Gide Quotes: "A work of art is an exaggeration."

A work of art is an exaggeration.



Andre Gide Quotes: "When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent."

When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh."

The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Do not scorn little victories."

Do not scorn little victories.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The wise man is astonished by anything."

The wise man is astonished by anything.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament."

The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave."

Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Woe to these people who have no appetite for the very dish that their age serves up."

Woe to these people who have no appetite for the very dish that their age serves up.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Faith can move mountains; true: mountains of stupidity."

Faith can move mountains; true: mountains of stupidity.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves!"

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves!



Andre Gide Quotes: "Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness."

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding."

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself."

Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The only real education comes from what goes counter to you."

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



Andre Gide Quotes: "With each book you write you should lose the admirers you gained with the previous one."

With each book you write you should lose the admirers you gained with the previous one.



Andre Gide Quotes: "There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them."

There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.



Andre Gide Quotes: "God lies ahead. I convince myself and constantly repeat to myself that: He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved."

God lies ahead. I convince myself and constantly repeat to myself that: He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.



Andre Gide Quotes: "'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know."

'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity."

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness."

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases."

Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The world will be saved by one or two people."

The world will be saved by one or two people.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them."

The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us."

Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Not everyone can be an orphan."

Not everyone can be an orphan.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars."

Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars.



Andre Gide Quotes: "In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself."

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.



Andre Gide Quotes: "An experience teaches only the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way."

An experience teaches only the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.



Andre Gide Quotes: "The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy."

The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy.



Andre Gide 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.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great."

Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.



Andre Gide Quotes: "There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens."

There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.



Andre Gide Quotes: "So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity."

So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.



Andre Gide Quotes: "Each thought becomes an anxiety in my brain. I am becoming the ugliest of all things: a busy man."

Each thought becomes an anxiety in my brain. I am becoming the ugliest of all things: a busy man.



Andre Gide Quotes: "True eloquence forgoes eloquence."

True eloquence forgoes eloquence.



Andre Gide Quotes: "If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become."

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.



Andre Gide Quotes: "How do you know that the fruit is ripe? Simply because it leaves the branch."

How do you know that the fruit is ripe? Simply because it leaves the branch.