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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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Film Producer
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Paris
France
André Paul Guillaume Gide
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Thyself

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