An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
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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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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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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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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