The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
ANDRE MAUROISModesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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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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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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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