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The nationalist has a broad hatred and a narrow love.
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 greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.
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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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An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it.
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