Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
ANDRE MAUROISThe effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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 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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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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 really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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