Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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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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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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