If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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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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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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