The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
ANDRE MAUROISThere are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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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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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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 first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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