"The greedy search for money or success will……" — Andre Maurois
"The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things outside themselves."
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71 Quotes by Andre Maurois
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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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If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you…
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A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect…
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Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.
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Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that…
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It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently.
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When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised
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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…
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A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were…
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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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You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
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I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
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Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices…
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To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular…
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The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm…
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Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave.
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Death is not the opposite of life, it is a part of life. A part we've not yet explored and…
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The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.
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We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
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