Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
ANDRE MAUROIS
Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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