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.
ANDRE MAUROISThe true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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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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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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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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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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