People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
ANDRE MAUROISSmile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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