A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
ANDRE MAUROISBusiness is a combination of war and sport.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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 really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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