A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
ANDRE MAUROISWithout a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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