“Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.”
André Gide livre L'Immoraliste
Source: The Immoralist
André Gide: Citations en anglais
André Gide était homme de lettres et romancier français. Citations en anglais.André Gide: 142 citations2 J'aime
“I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices.”
André Gide livre L'Immoraliste
Source: The Immoralist
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one’s own the suffering and joys of others.”
Portraits and Aphorisms (1903), Pretexts
“The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”
Entry for November 23, 1940
Journals 1889-1949
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 317
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” pp. 319-320
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” pp. 311-312
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.”
The Journals of André Gide: 1914-1927, A.A. Knopf, 1951, p. 313
Journals 1889-1949
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 346
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
Entry for August 23, 1926
Journals 1889-1949
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 317
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Characters,” p. 299
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Characters,” p. 306
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Often the best in us springs from the worst in us.”
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 315
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.”
Familles, je vous hais! foyers clos; portes refermées; possessions jalouses du bonheur.
Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897), book IV
André Gide livre L'Immoraliste
Savoir se libérer n'est rien; l'ardu, c'est savoir être libre. <br class="br">The Immoralist, Chapter 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=MPmRAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Savoir+se+lib%C3%A9rer+n'est+rien+l'ardu+c'est+savoir+%C3%AAtre+libre%22&jtp=17#v=onepage (1902) <br class="br">The Immoralist (1902)
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 326
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)