André Gide Quotes

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Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.

André Gide
From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair.

André Gide
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

André Gide
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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Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.

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Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

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Art begins with resistance — at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

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In the realm of the emotions, the real is indistinguishable from the imaginary.

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One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word.

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True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and joys of others.

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What cleanliness everywhere! You dare not throw your cigarette into the lake. No graffiti in the urinals. Switzerland is proud of this; but I believe this is just what she lacks: manure.

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