Quote by Andre Gide
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without

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

Other quotes by Andre Gide

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! – Andre Gide

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Change
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Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. – Andre Gide

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Art
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Andre Gide

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Courage
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Age
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I complain that the years fly past, but then I look in a mirror and see that very few of them actually got past. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Age

I am now old enough to no longer have a fear of dying young. – Bruce Ades, c.1990

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Age

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs. – Charles Dickens

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Age

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. – Margaret Mead

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Age

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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable. – Jane Austen

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Surprise

I trust no one, not even myself. – Joseph Stalin

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Trust

Im on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist. – Julie Bowen

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diet

Mans wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy. – William Temple

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best