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I have no use for knowledge that has not been preceded by a sensation

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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André Paul Guillaume Gide
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Often the best in us springs from the worst in us.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly
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