A Quote by Andre Gide

There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection.

Andre Gide

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Complicated Distorted Feeling Immediately Introspection Simple

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Andre Gide
French - Writer
November 22, 1869 - February 19, 1951

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