The most decisive actions of our life-I mean those that our most likely to decide the… — Andre Gide
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.
In the original French
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?
The Counterfeiters · 1926
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Gide, Andre. The Counterfeiters, translated by Dorothy Bussy. Penguin Books, 1990, pt. 3, ch. 16.
Original citation
Gide, Andre. Les Faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters]. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1925, pt. 3, ch. 16.