Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
ANDRE MAUROISSmile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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 effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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