The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
ANDRE MAUROISThe effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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 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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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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