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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#average #average intelligence #been #complete #contemptuous

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

— Andre Maurois

#any #everyone #lacks #more #one thing

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

— Andre Maurois

#age #along #artist #go #must

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#modesty #pass #praise #these #unselfishness

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

— Andre Maurois

#conversation #four #i #i do #improved

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#desire #did #discover #events #failed

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#artist #every #every man #great #her

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#born #early #experiences #made #men

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

— Andre Maurois

#hand #material #stamped #style #temperament

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#exact #great #life #negative #novel