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The wise man is astonished by anything.
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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What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.
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The nationalist has a broad hatred and a narrow love.
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'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
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Whither should we aim if not towards God?
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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
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God lies ahead. I convince myself and constantly repeat to myself that: He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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