A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
ANDRE MAUROISMemory 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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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 really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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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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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.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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