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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.   Gide, Andre

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Andre Paul Guillaume Gide (November 22, 1869 February 19, 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career spanned from the symbolist movement to the advent of anticolonialism in-between the two World Wars. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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