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 MAUROISIf 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.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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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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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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