An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
ANDRE MAUROISThe really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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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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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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