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Quote by Andre Gide

“Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit.”

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Andre Gide was a French author born on November 22, 1869, and died on February 19, 1951. Known for his profound literary works and philosophical explorations of morality, Gide is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century French literature. more

“It seems to me that had I not known Dostoevsky or Nietzsche or Freud or X or Z, I should have thought just as I did, and that I found in them rather an authorization than an awakening. Above all, they taught me to cease doubting, to cease fearing my thoughts, and to let those thoughts lead me to those lands that were not uninhabitable because after all I found them already there .”

Should Seems Found Known Doubt Land Taught Should Have Awakening Cease My Thoughts Leading Me

Book:Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality

Source: Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality

“True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.”

Men Intelligent Superiors Modest Intelligent Man True Intelligence

Book:Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality

Source: Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality

“The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament.”

Doe Art Christian Poverty Art Is Ornaments Christian Art

Book:Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality

Source: Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality