Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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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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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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