People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
ANDRE MAUROISIf 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.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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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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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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