Quotes by
André Gide |
1869-1951 , French writer, Nobel 1947
French writer, humanist, and moralist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947. | 14 quotes | 2,152 visits |
Quotations
| • | Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason. 9 |
| • | Man cannot discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. 6 |
| • | It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. 5 |
| • | The color of truth is gray. 5 |
| • | Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. 5 |
| • | Often the best in us springs from the worst in us. 5 |
| • | Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself. 5 |
| • | Sin is whatever obscures the soul. 5 |
| • | Wisdom comes not from reason but from love. 4 |
| • | Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness. 4 |
| • | There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. 3 |
| • | It is now, and in this world, that we must live. 3 |
| • | Only fools don't contradict themselves. 3 |
| • | It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written. 3 |
