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Quote by Andre Maurois

“Advice is always a confession.”

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Andre Maurois was a prominent French author born on July 26, 1885, and passed away on October 9, 1967. He is known for his extensive literary works and contributions to the French literary world. more

“Scotland is a much lighter and more fun place than I thought it was. I was miserable when I was there. But it wasn't Scotland's fault. It was my circumstances. I was - I hate to say the word humbled - but that's what it felt like. I was wrong about this place. This is a great place full of very fun people.”

People Hate Fun Felt Circumstances I Hate Faults Miserable Scotland Lighters

Author:Craig Ferguson

“In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.”

Knows Able Lying Opinion Conversation Difficulty Discussion

Author:Andre Maurois

“Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.”

Two Culture Products Civilization Manners Exquisite

Book:ARIEL THE LIFE OF SHELLEY

Source: ARIEL THE LIFE OF SHELLEY

“Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.”

Ifs Knows Soul Dies Eternal Flesh Immortality Immortal

Author:Andre Maurois

“Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.”

Glasses Sincerity Diamond Prudence Discretion

Author:Andre Maurois

“We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.”

Women

Author:Andre Maurois

“The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.”

Men Needs Feels Writing Mean Real Enough Action Break Talent Conflict Spring Method Oneself Breathing Resolve Rise Above Adjustment Great Writers Grown Man Inner Conflict

Author:Andre Maurois

“The bachelors admired freedom is often a yoke, for the freer a man is to himself the greater slave he often is to the whims of others.”

Men Greater Slave Whim Often Is Bachelors Yoke

Book:The bachelor life

Source: The bachelor life

“A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed.”

Love Heart Dies Broken Fulfillment Monument Deathbed

Book:The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary

Source: The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary

“The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done; the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not have done, and which one did not do.”

Should Done Memories Sweetest

Book:The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary

Source: The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary

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