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André Gide

André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November1869 – 19 February1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

See also:
The Immoralist

Quotes

  • La sagesse n'est pas dans la raison, mais dans l'amour.
    • Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.

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    • Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore andre gide
      • Les Nourritures Terrestres [Fruits of the Earth] (1897), book I
  • Familles, je vous hais! foyers clos; portes refermées; possessions jalouses du bonheur.
    • Families, I hate you!

      Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.

      • Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897), book IV
  • ...que toute émotion sache te devenir une ivresse.

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    Si ce que tu manges ne te grise pas, c'est que tu n'avais pas assez faim.

    • Let every emotion be capable of becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.

      • Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897)
  • Ce qu'un autre aurait aussi bien fait que toi, ne le fai