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.
ANDRE MAUROISIn literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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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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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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 happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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