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Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes
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 very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.
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Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness
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The capacity to get free is nothing the capacity to be free is the task.
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If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast!
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The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.
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