Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
ANDRE MAUROISA successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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