Andre Maurois Quotes
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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 create a character, you create…
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A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the…
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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 very moment.
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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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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…
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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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A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are…
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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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Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
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All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.
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If you create a character, you create a destiny.
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Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.
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He who wants to do everything will never do anything.
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If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".
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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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