Andre Gide
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“No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.” -Andre Gide
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“To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.” -Andre Gide
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“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” -Andre Gide
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“Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.” -Andre Gide
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“‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.” -Andre Gide
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“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.” -Andre Gide
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“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.” -Andre Gide
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“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” -Andre Gide
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“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.” -Andre Gide
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“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” -Andre Gide
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“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.” -Andre Gide
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“Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.” -Andre Gide
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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -Andre Gide
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“Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.” -Andre Gide
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“Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.” -Andre Gide
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“Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” -Andre Gide
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The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. – Andre Gide
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It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. – Andre Gide
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