We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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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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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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