We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
ANDRE MAUROISThe true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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 true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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