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.
ANDRE MAUROISPeople are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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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 successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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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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