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Information is not culture. I...

Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality.

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If you create an act, you cre...

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.

Andre Maurois 120 quotes

A happy marriage is a long co...

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

Andre Maurois 120 quotes

Conversation would be vastly ...

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

Andre Maurois 120 quotes

In literature as in love, we ...

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

Andre Maurois 120 quotes

Old age is far more than whit...

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. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

Andre Maurois 120 quotes

Memory is a great artist. For...

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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We appreciate frankness from ...

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

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Smile, for everyone lacks sel...

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

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To be witty is not enough. On...

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

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There are certain persons for...

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

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An artist must be a reactiona...

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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If men could regard the event...

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.

Andre Maurois 120 quotes

We owe to the Middle Ages the...

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

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The effectiveness of work inc...

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

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The difficult part in an argu...

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

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People are what you make them...

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

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Self-pity comes so naturally ...

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

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Men and women are not born in...

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

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A marriage without conflicts ...

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Andre Maurois 120 quotes

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