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When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.
Andre Gide
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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.
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The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.
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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
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