Quotes by Gide, Andre

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

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward. >>

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have thei >>

Quotations about Compliments

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what >>

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to t >>

There's nothing worse than someone coming up to me and going Oh God, I >>

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Gide, Andre