If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
ANDRE MAUROISWithout a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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