Quotes by Gide, Andre

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falli >>

The abominable effort to take one's sins with one to paradise. >>

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. >>

Quotations about Humankind

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me. >>

I love mankind; it's people I can't stand. >>

One has but to observe a community of beavers at work in a stream to u >>

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

Gide, Andre