Andre Gide Quotes About Life
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Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.
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The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.
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The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.
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I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
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It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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