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.
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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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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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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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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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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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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