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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.
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Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in which the parents do not act in such a way that nothing would be more desirable for the child than to escape their influence.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.
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Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste.
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Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.
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The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man.
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One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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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.
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The wise man is astonished by anything.
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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.
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Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.
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Prejudices are the props of civilization.
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The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation.
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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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To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
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The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.
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