The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
ANDRE MAUROISIf 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 most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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