"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not."
"I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress."
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Source: Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.289, Routledge
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