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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.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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André Paul Guillaume Gide
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We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. It’s absurd. We run the risk of warping what’s best in us
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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How do you know that the fruit is ripe? Simply because it leaves the branch.
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Christianity, above all, consoles but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.
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The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage my whole being surges toward the bars.
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Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.
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If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.
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A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly
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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.
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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.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection.
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The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.
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The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.
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Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.
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There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.
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