In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
ANDRE MAUROISOld age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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