A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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