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.
ANDRE MAUROISTo be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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 marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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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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