André Gide
French · 1869–1951
French Nobel laureate whose confessional writings explored morality, freedom, and the struggle between desire and convention.
Wikipedia ↗“On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir à perdre de vue, d'abord et longtemps, tout rivage.”
Français
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.”
The Counterfeiters ↗ (1925)
“Mieux vaut être haï pour ce que l'on est, qu'aimé pour ce que l'on n'est pas.”
Français
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
Autumn Leaves ↗ (1949)