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People are discontent men are troubled and the literature is excellent.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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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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An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.
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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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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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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To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a football player, an orator are often responsible for the beginning of a love affair.
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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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[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.
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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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The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block...
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Live as if you were eternal.
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British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified.
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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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Advice is always a confession.
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One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.
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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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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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We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.
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The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
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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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