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Andre Gide

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Author - 1869-1951

The novelist does not long to see the lion eat grass. He realizes that one and the same god created the wolf and the lamb, then smiled, seeing that his work was good.

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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide
A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other. Andre Gide
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Andre Gide
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands. Andre Gide
Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write as well as you. Care for nothing in yourself but what you feel exists nowhere else. And, out of yourself create, impatiently or patiently, the most irreplaceable of beings. Andre Gide
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. Andre Gide
To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it. Andre Gide
The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh. Andre Gide
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What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable. Andre Gide
With each book you write you should lose the admirers you gained with the previous one. Andre Gide
Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation. Andre Gide
The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea. Andre Gide
The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them. Andre Gide
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity. Andre Gide
The great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard. Andre Gide
The world will be saved by one or two people. Andre Gide
I prefer granting with a good grace what i know i shan't be able to prevent. Andre Gide
To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations. Andre Gide
Through fear of resembling one another, through horror of having to submit, through uncertainty as well, through skepticism and complexity, there is a multitude of individual little beliefs for the triumph of strange little individuals. Andre Gide
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide
I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices. Andre Gide
The most important things to say are those which often i did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious. Andre Gide
It is now, and in this world, that we must live. Andre Gide