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

Quote by Andre Maurois

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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

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...

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

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

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.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

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...

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after...

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after...

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.

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your...

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

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 most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All...

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All...

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is...

It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and...

It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and...