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A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.
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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Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors by trying at the outset to imitate them by daring then to be original by destroying one's first productions.
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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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For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.
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Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.
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Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein.
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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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The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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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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Live as if you were eternal.
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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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