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Letter "A" » Andre Gide Quotes
«Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.»
«There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome»
«Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness»
«What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer»
Author: Andre Gide
«Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.»
Author: Andre Gide
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arrested development, arrests, butterfly, caterpillar, caterpillars, maxim, pernicious
«It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands»
Author: Andre Gide
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Persuasion,
Violence
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bandit, bandits, decent, fall from, fellows, massacre, persuade, The Soldier, urged
«Prejudices are the props of civilization»
«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.»
Author: Andre Gide
«Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.»
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