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.
ANDRE MAUROISWe appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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 true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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