Gide

Famous quotes containing the word gide:

“The abominable effort to take one’s sins with one to paradise.”
—André Gide (1869–1951)

“Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.”
—André Gide (1869–1951)

“Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.”
—André Gide (1869–1951)