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.
ANDRE MAUROISBusiness is a combination of war and sport.
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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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