Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

Quote by Andre Maurois

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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...

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...

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love...

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love...

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no...

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no...

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...

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love...

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love...

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

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...

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...

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

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

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

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

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

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

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

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.

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...

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

The quality of the thought that a person has got inside and sought from outside...

The quality of the thought that a person has got inside and sought from outside...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

To be a Jew is a destiny

To be a Jew is a destiny

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.