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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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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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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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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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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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 better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently...
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Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.
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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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In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.
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If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, I took a taxi.
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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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For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.
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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
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The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.
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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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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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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We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.
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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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