The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
ANDRE MAUROISConversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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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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