| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 6870 |
| AUTHOR: | André Gide |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Recalled on his death 19 Feb 51 |
| SUBJECTS: | Communications & the Arts: Literature: Writers & Editors |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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