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

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• Andre Maurois:

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

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  Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.

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

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  If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise i

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  An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go floppi

• Andre Maurois:

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

• Andre Maurois:

  Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finishe

• Andre Maurois:

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

• Andre Maurois:

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

• Andre Maurois:

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