A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
ANDRE MAUROISOld 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.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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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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