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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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There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
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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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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gardens, of the garments white and wide - obsessions where the senses go berserk, where nerves are exasperated, and which made me, at the onset of each night, believe sleep impossible.
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It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing.
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Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! And without too many regrets, if possible! Those from which the sap has withdrawn. But, good Lord, what beautiful colors!
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
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Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do.
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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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Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself.
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I advise the young to tell themselves constantly that most often it is up to them alone.
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The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy.
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The world will be saved by one or two people.
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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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There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.
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Nothing excellent can be done without leisure.
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The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.
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The wise man is astonished by anything.
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