If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
ANDRE MAUROISThe most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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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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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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