The most decisive actions of our life-I mean those that our most likely to decide the whole course of our future-are more often than not, unconsidered.

Les actions les plus décisives de notre vie, je veux dire : celles qui risquent le plus de décider de tout notre avenir, sont le plus souvent des actions inconsidérées?

Andre Gide

The Counterfeiters

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Topic

Inflection points

Speaker

Hildebrant

Author

Andre Gide

Source

The Counterfeiters

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Time

1926 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. 16.

Current Citation

Gide, Andre. The Counterfeiters, translated by Dorothy Bussy. Penguin Books, 1990, pt. 3, ch. 16.

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