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«Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.»
Author: Andre Gide | About: Art, Overcoming
«There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome»
Author: Andre Gide | About: Prejudice | Keywords: prejudice, work of art
«Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness»
Author: Andre Gide | About: Jealousy | Keywords: closed-door, Hate You, homes, possessors, shut in
«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.»
«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»
«Prejudices are the props of civilization»
Author: Andre Gide | About: Civilization, Prejudice | Keywords: propped, props, prop up
«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.»
Author: Andre Gide | Keywords: complimented, silly

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