We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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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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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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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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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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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 true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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