André Gide

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Biography : French author. Nobel Prize in Literature (1947).
Born: 1869 - Died: 1951
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

André Gide - Quotes

Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.
André Gide - Ainsi soit-il ou Les jeux sont faits /

Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.

The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.
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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
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My happiness is to increase other people's. To be happy myself I need the happiness of all.
André Gide - Fruits of the Earth /

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
André Gide - Fruits of the Earth /

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.

May your vision be new at every moment. The wise man is he whom everything astonishes.
André Gide - Fruits of the Earth /

sage

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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All human acts involve more chance than decision.
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No one can do anything for the happiness of others if he cannot be happy himself.
André Gide - Les Nouvelles Nourritures /

We call 'happiness' a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.
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