The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
ANDRE MAUROISThe difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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 true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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