The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
ANDRE MAUROISThe true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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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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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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