One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir à perdre de vue, d'abord et longtemps, tout rivage.

Andre Gide

The Counterfeiters

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Topic

Taking risks Courage Discovery

Speaker

Edouard

Author

Andre Gide

Source

The Counterfeiters

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Gide, Andre. Les Faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters]. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1925, pt. 3, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Gide, Andre. The Counterfeiters, translated by Dorothy Bussy. Penguin Books, 1990, pt. 3, ch. 15.

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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

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Language
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Time
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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

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Medium
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Statement Type
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Time
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