Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
ANDRE MAUROISModesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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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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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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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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