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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.
Andre Gide
Understand that the only possession of any value is life.
Andre Gide
Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death
Andre Gide
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
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands.
Andre Gide
The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.
Andre Gide
When I cease to be indignant I will have begun my old age.
Andre Gide
I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
Andre Gide
Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed for every generation arrives upon the scene with its own particular hunger.
Andre Gide
We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.
Andre Gide
The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death.
Andre Gide
Woe to these people who have no appetite for the very dish that their age serves up.
Andre Gide
A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.
Andre Gide
The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man.
Andre Gide
I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent.
Andre Gide
Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it.
Andre Gide
The wise man is astonished by anything.
Andre Gide
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
Andre Gide
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
Andre Gide
The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.
Andre Gide
