Famous Andr Gide Quotes

  • He let Julius go. There was beginning to rise in him a feeling of profound disgust–a kind of hatred almost, of himself, of Julius, of everything. – Andr Gide

    He let Julius go. There was beginning to rise in him a feeling of profound disgust–a kind of hatred almost, of himself, of Julius, of everything.– Andr Gide

  • There is a germ of revolt lying in the spirit of inquiry and critical curiosity. – Andr Gide

    There is a germ of revolt lying in the spirit of inquiry and critical curiosity.– Andr Gide

  • Those who complimented me were those who understood me the least. – Andr Gide

    Those who complimented me were those who understood me the least.– Andr Gide

  • Those who complimented me were those who understood me the least.– Andr Gide

  • Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure. – Andr Gide

    Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.– Andr Gide

  • Because it was natural, could he not see that it was marvelous? Poor creature! – Andr Gide

    Because it was natural, could he not see that it was marvelous? Poor creature!– Andr 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. – Andr 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.– Andr Gide

  • She already loved me too much to see me as I was. – Andr Gide

    She already loved me too much to see me as I was.– Andr Gide

  • In a world in which everyone cheats, it’s the honest man who passes for a charlatan. – Andr Gide

    In a world in which everyone cheats, it’s the honest man who passes for a charlatan.– Andr Gide

  • Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. – Andr Gide

    Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.– Andr Gide