What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.
Andre GideAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: french
- Born: December 22, 1869
- Died: February 19, 1951
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