In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
ANDRE MAUROISThe really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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 effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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