There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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