What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have writte… - André Gide

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What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable.

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About André Gide

André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

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Alternative Names: André Paul Guillaume Gide Andre Gide Andre Paul Guillaume Gide
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