People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
ANDRE MAUROISThe effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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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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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 successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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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