A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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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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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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