The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. — Andre Gide Deception Copy Share Image
A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the… — Andre Gide Certitude Copy Share Image
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. — Andre Gide Artificial Copy Share Image
“The need of showing myself to be confident and perfectly at ease, precisely when I am least so. Talked much too much,… — André Gide Confidence Copy Share Image
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. — Andre Gide Experience Copy Share Image
“El hombre no puede descubrir nuevos océanos a menos que tenga el coraje de perder de vista la costa.” — André Gide Copy Share Image
We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves. — Andre Gide Counterfeit Copy Share Image
Then you think that one can keep a hopeless love in one's heart for so long as that?...And that life can breathe… — Andre Gide Breathe Copy Share Image
“Will it be here that we shall find a place which will not elude us, or which if it remains does not… — André Gide Attraction Copy Share Image
In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring... — Andre Gide Awkward Copy Share Image
Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page.… — Andre Gide Age Copy Share Image
“Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.” — André Gide Philosophical Copy Share Image
If the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the… — Andre Gide Approach Copy Share Image
It is better to fail at your own life than to succeed at someone else's. — Andre Gide Failing Copy Share Image
To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to… — Andre Gide Bruises Copy Share Image
He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others. — Andre Gide Demand Copy Share Image
To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations. — Andre Gide Different Copy Share Image
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
“Nothing can make a face more impenetrable than the mask of kindliness.” — André Gide Kindness Copy Share Image
We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that… — Andre Gide Arms Copy Share Image
