Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
ANDRE MAUROISWe appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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