Quotes by Andre Maurois

"Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form."

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"Business is a combination of war and sport."

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"The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force."

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"In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others."

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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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"We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder."

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"The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past."

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"People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel."

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"A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day."

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"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short."

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"A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises."

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"Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences."

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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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"There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison."

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