André Paul Guillaume Gide was born in 22 November 1869; he was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947 "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human pr...
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. André Gide
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. André Gide
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. André Gide
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it. André Gide
Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure. André Gide
Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. André Gide
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else. André Gide
Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves. André Gide
Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest. André Gide
True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.
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. André Gide
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.
Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness. André Gide
Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured. André Gide
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
