The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
ANDRE MAUROISIf you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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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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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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