We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
ANDRE MAUROISThe really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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 first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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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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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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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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