A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
ANDRE MAUROISTo be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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