We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
ANDRE MAUROISGrowing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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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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