In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
ANDRE MAUROISWithout a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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