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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars.
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What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.
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Christianity, above all, consoles but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.
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Solitude is bearable only with God.
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'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
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The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.
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One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.
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Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else.
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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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If life were organized, there would be no need for art.
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