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French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951)

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide »
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable. Andre Gide »
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Andre Gide »
Dare to be yourself. Andre Gide »
It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. Andre Gide »
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. Andre Gide »
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. Andre Gide »
Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly. Andre Gide »
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain. Andre Gide »
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Andre Gide »
Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys. Andre Gide »
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity. Andre Gide »
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.' Andre Gide »
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. Andre Gide »

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