#in

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. ↗

— Andre Gide

#god #him #his #image #interesting

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime. ↗

— Andre Gide

#begin #hell #left #lifetime #other

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. ↗

— Andre Gide

#arrive #cross #frenchman #having #honor

Sin is whatever obscures the soul. ↗

— Andre Gide

#sin #soul #whatever

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes. ↗

— Andre Gide

#beautiful things #madness #most #most beautiful #prompts

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. ↗

— Andre Gide

#gifted #most #natures #perhaps #trembling

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious. ↗

— Andre Gide

#did #i #important #important things #me

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. ↗

— Andre Gide

#me #rising #serenity #sole #suits

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations. ↗

— Andre Gide

#degree #different #especially #interpretations #leave

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. ↗

— Andre Gide

#happiness #only #prepares #story #told