Logo
Quote by André Gide
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes m

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. РAndr̩ Gide

Other quotes by André Gide

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself. РAndr̩ Gide

Category:
Self-Discovery
Author
André Gide
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Adversity
category

Better bread with water than cake with trouble. – Russian Proverb

Category:
Adversity

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. – Norman Vincent Peale

Category:
Adversity

Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power. – Seneca

Category:
Adversity

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. – Henry Ward Beecher

Category:
Adversity

Random Quotes

It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses. – Sir Winston Churchill

Category:
Communism

To me faith means not worrying. – John Dewey

Category:
Faith

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. Its a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but were losing a little bit of that right now. – Mike Krzyzewski

Category:
Failure

I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature. – David Attenborough

Category:
Nature