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

Quote by Andre Maurois

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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too...

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too...

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

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

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a...

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by...

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures...

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures...

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do...

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are...

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

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

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

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as...

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as...

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to...

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to...

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

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

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken...

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken...