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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.
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Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
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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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The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things outside themselves.
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Old age diminishes our strength it takes away our pleasures one after the other it withers the soul as well as the body it renders adventure and friendship difficult and finally it is shadowed by thoughts of death.
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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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If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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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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He who wants to do everything will never do anything.
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Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.
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Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.
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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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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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Advice is always a confession.
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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. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
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Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.
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Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
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