Business is a combination of war and sport.
ANDRE MAUROISWe appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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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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