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Quote by Andre Maurois

“Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal.”

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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

“Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer greatly, but they are not bored. Wealthy men and women become bored when they depend upon the theater for their enjoyment instead of making their own lives interesting.”

People Men May Suffering Causes Wealth Interesting Common Rich Depends Men And Women Difficulty Theater Bored Enjoyment Boredom Unhappiness Wealthy Idle Earning

Author:Andre Maurois

“To desire to be perpetually in the society of a pretty woman until the end of one's days, is as if, because one likes good wine, one wished always to have one's mouth full of it.”

Ifs Ends Desire Women Mouths Wine Likes Pretty Woman Good Wine

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“An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.”

Men Lying Women Luxury Boards Unsatisfied

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“A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.”

Knows Men Strong Women Protect Weakness Protected Strong Man True Woman

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“Woman's great strength lies in being late or absent. Presence immediately reveals the weak points of our beloved; when she is absent she become one of the sylph-like figures of our adolescence whom we endowed with perfection.”

Lying Women Figures Late Perfection Weak Beloved Adolescence Absent Weak Points

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“He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.”

Found Women Wife Rain Roof Great Happiness Good Wife

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“To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights.”

Reason Weight Scales Chosen Pairs

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“The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.”

Simple Common Clear Philosopher Absence Usage Jargon Simple Words Erudition

Author:Andre Maurois

“A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and this he does by giving it a shape.”

Giving Writing Doe Values Shapes Essentials Dignity Function Raises Great Writers

Author:Andre Maurois

“Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.”

Attraction Novelty

Book:An Art of Living

Source: An Art of Living

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