In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
ANDRE MAUROISA successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
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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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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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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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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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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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Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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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 successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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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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