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.
ANDRE MAUROIS
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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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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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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