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Men Quotes by Andre Maurois
- Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
- 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…
- A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.
- You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
- The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man)…
- Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
- 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…
- 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…
- Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
- Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
- If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
- If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the…
- 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…
- Men and women are not borninconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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