Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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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.
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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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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of 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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