Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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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.
ANDRE MAUROIS