People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
ANDRE MAUROISMen 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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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