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He who wants to do everything will never do anything.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.
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Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
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A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.
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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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It is not events and the things one sees and enjoys that produce happiness, but a state of mind which can endow events with its own quality, and we must hope for the duration of this state rather than the recurrence of pleasurable events.
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Every ten years you should delete from your mind a few ideas that your experience has proven to be false.
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Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.
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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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Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.
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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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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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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
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To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights.
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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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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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People are discontent men are troubled and the literature is excellent.
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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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