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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.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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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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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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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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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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We console ourselves with several friends for not having found one real one.
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If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and this he does by giving it a shape.
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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.
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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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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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Live as if you were eternal.
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Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.
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Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.
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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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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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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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