Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
ANDRE MAUROISA contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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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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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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