Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
ANDRE MAUROISPeople are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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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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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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