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Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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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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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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When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised
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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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Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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It is restful to leave one's home not because traveling does not entail varied and difficult daily actions, but because it removes our responsibilities.
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An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.
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[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.
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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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The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.
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Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal.
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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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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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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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