In my present insistence on high standards you will see that there is less self-indulgence than resolve and application. I do not let the Christian monopolize the ideal of perfection. I have my own virtue, which I am constantly cultivating and refining by teaching myself not to tolerate in me or my surroundings anything but the exquisite.


Maurice in Characters, p. 298 - Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)

André Gide Quotes

In my present insistence on high standards you will see that there is less self-indulgence than resolve and application. I do not let the Christian...

In my present insistence on high standards you will see that there is less self-indulgence than resolve and application. I do not let the Christian...

In my present insistence on high standards you will see that there is less self-indulgence than resolve and application. I do not let the Christian...

In my present insistence on high standards you will see that there is less self-indulgence than resolve and application. I do not let the Christian...