Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
ANDRE MAUROISNo one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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 difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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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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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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