"No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."
-Andre Gide
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"What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.“
-Andre Gide
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"Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change."
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"There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome."
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"The color of truth is gray."
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"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."
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"To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company."
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