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Famous Andre Gide Quotes
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.”
“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
Source: The Counterfeiters: A Novel
“To win ones joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.”
“The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.”
Source: Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality
“Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.”
Source: The Counterfeiters: A Novel
Source: The Counterfeiters: A Novel