A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
ANDRE MAUROISWe owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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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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 most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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