Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
ANDRE MAUROISThe most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
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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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