A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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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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