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A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly
Andre Gide
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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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The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
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True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.
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The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage my whole being surges toward the bars.
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With each book you write you should lose the admirers you gained with the previous one.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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I owe much to my friends but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
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Understand that the only possession of any value is life.
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There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection.
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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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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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The individual person is more interesting than people in general he and not they is the one whom God created in His image.
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Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
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There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.
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Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness
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We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.
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The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.
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Do not scorn little victories.
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