The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
ANDRE MAUROISGrowing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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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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