For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly. - André Gide

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For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly.

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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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