Ah, this, that we call happiness, how intimate a part of the soul it is, and of what little importance are the outside elements which seem to go to its making!

Ah! que ce qu’on appelle bonheur est chose peu étrangeére a l’dme et que les éléments qui semblent le composer du dehors importent peu!

Andre Gide

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Topic

Happiness

Author

Andre Gide

Source

Strait is the Gate

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Gide, Andre. La Porte Etroite [Strait is the Gate]. Mercure de France, 1909, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Gide, Andre. Strait is the Gate. Penguin Books, 2001, ch. 5.

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