In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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 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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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