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André Gide Quote: “It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.”

201. “It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “An artist cannot get along without a public; and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies.”

202. “An artist cannot get along without a public; and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.”

203. “We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else.”

204. “Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts.”

205. “I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.”

206. “Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament.”

207. “The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Though a revolution may call itself “national,” it always marks the victory of a single party.”

208. “Though a revolution may call itself “national,” it always marks the victory of a single party.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.”

209. “The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered.”

210. “Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Man’s first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.”

211. “Man’s first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “The public always prefers to be reassured. There are those whose job this is. There are only too many.”

212. “The public always prefers to be reassured. There are those whose job this is. There are only too many.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes.”

213. “Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.”

214. “Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.”

215. “I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.”

216. “By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “The anxiety we have for the figure we cut, for our personage, is constantly cropping out. We are showing off and are often more concerned with making a display than with living. Whoever feels observed observes himself.”

217. “The anxiety we have for the figure we cut, for our personage, is constantly cropping out. We are showing off and are often more concerned with making a display than with living. Whoever feels observed observes himself.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.”

218. “Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “The abominable effort to take one’s sins with one to paradise.”

219. “The abominable effort to take one’s sins with one to paradise.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him – I could hit on nothing that wasn’t charming. It’s wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.”

220. “The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him – I could hit on nothing that wasn’t charming. It’s wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.”

221. “The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.”

— André Gide

André Gide Quote: “If life were organized, there would be no need for art.”

222. “If life were organized, there would be no need for art.”

— André Gide

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