We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
ANDRE MAUROISAn artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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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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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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