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Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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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 man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.
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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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Happiness flourishes where there is happiness...
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If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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Advice is always a confession.
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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 effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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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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All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.
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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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The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.
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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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Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
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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 great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.
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He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.
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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 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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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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