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 MAUROISThe effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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.
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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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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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 most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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