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 MAUROISThe most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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