Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
André Gide
Born: November 22, 1869
Died: February 19, 1951 (aged 81)
Bio: André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947.
Known for:
- The Counterfeiters (1925)
- The Immoralist (1902)
- Strait Is the Gate (1909)
- The Fruits of the Earth (1897)
- La Symphonie Pastorale (1919)
André Gide Quotes