"One must allow other people to be right," he used to say w… - André Gide

"One must allow other people to be right," he used to say when he was insulted, "It consoles them for not being anything else."

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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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Nos actes s'attachent a nous comme sa lueur au phosphore. Ils nous consument, il est vrai, mais il nous font notre splendeur.

Leo demasiado; todo eso fermenta.

"I have always thought that great artists were those who dared to confer the right of beauty on things so natural that people say on seeing them, "Why did I never realize before that that was beautiful too?

"One must allow other people to be right," he used to say when he was insulted, "It consoles them for not being anything else." - André Gide

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