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Letter "A" » Andre Gide Quotes
«What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.»
«Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases»
«Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.»
Author: Andre Gide
«Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age»
«Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.»
«The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.»
«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»
«What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.»
Author: Andre Gide
«The itch is a mean, unconfessable, ridiculous malady ; one can pity someone who is suffering ; someone who wants to scratch himself makes one laugh»
«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»
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