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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Film Producer
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André Paul Guillaume Gide
Andre Gide
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The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
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Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
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An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it.
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To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.
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