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There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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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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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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A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.
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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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We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.
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Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.
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