Quotes by "André Gide"
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
The most decisive actions of our life... are most often unconsidered actions.
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.
"Therefore" is a word the poet must not know.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passions, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
