If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
ANDRE MAUROISMen and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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 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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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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