Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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Old 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.
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