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

Quote by Andre Maurois

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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.

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...