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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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An artist cannot get along without a public and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies.
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Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.
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