The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts an… - André Gide

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The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes. Essential to remain between the two, close to madness when you dream and close to reason when you write

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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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The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

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George Sand Jean-Paul Sartre Johann Wolfgang von Goethe William Somerset Maugham Anton Chekhov

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