“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.”
Andre Maurois
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“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”
Andre Maurois
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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.”
Andre Maurois
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“Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.”
Andre Maurois
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“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.”
Andre Maurois
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“To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.”
Andre Maurois
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“Business is a combination of war and sport.”
Andre Maurois
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“Style [Is] the hallmark of a temperament stamped on the material in hand.”
Andre Maurois
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Style
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“No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.”
Andre Maurois
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“A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”
Andre Maurois
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“A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.”
Andre Maurois
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“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”
Andre Maurois
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“In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.”
Andre Maurois
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“The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion, but rather to know it.”
Andre Maurois
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“The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such.”
Andre Maurois
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Leadership
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“We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity — gunpowder and romantic love.”
Andre Maurois
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Invention
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“Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.”
Andre Maurois
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.”
Andre Maurois
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“Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.”
Andre Maurois
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“A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.”
Andre Maurois
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
