Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrests his own developme...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.

André Gide

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Andre Gide

Also know as André Gide

French novelist and essayist

November 22nd, 1869 - February 19th, 1951

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