A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
ANDRE MAUROISIf you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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