The anxiety we have for the figure we cut, for our personage, is constantly cropping out. We are showing off and are often more concerned with making a display than with living. Whoever feels observed observes himself.
Andre GideIt is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Andre GideIt is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars.
Andre Gide