Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know

Quote by Andre Maurois

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Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...

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...

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they...

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they...

Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by

Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

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...

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in...

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in...

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in...

Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in...

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows...

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows...