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

Andre Maurois

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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not only do malicious people flock about us in order to witness our ruin, but other unfortunates as well, who have been kept away by our happiness, and now feel close to us on account of our troubles.
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Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer greatly, but they are not bored. Wealthy men and women become bored when they depend upon the theater for their enjoyment instead of making their own lives interesting.
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Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
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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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Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
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Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.
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We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.
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We don't go to school to learn, but to be soaked in the prejudices of our class, without which we should be useless and unhappy.
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An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.
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He who wants to do everything will never do anything.
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Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
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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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The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block...
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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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