A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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 most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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 first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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