No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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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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