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...
Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness. André Gide
Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
Wisdom comes not from reason but from love. André Gide
Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured. André Gide
Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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. André Gide
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.
Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again. André Gide
Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.
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.
There's no better cure for the fear of taking after one's father, than not to know who he is. André Gide
There's no better cure for the fear of taking after one's father, than not to know who he is.
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. André Gide
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.
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. André Gide
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
I like life well enough to want to live it awake. André Gide
I like life well enough to want to live it awake.
The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered. André Gide
The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. André Gide
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
