An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
ANDRE MAUROISA happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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