The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
ANDRE MAUROISAn 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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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