Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
ANDRE MAUROISThere are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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