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 MAUROISWithout a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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 true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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