To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
ANDRE MAUROISThe effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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