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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
Tradition
W. Somerset Maugham

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We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.
Friends and Friendship
W. Somerset Maugham

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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
Laughter
W. Somerset Maugham

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You know that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.
Adultery
W. Somerset Maugham

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Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Happiness
Daphne Du Maurier

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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
Marriage
Andre Maurois

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A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
Affection
Andre Maurois

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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
Age and Aging
Andre Maurois

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In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.
Literature
Andre Maurois

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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
Originality
Andre Maurois

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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
Argument
Andre Maurois

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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such.
Leaders and Leadership
Andre Maurois

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

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

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

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Choose rather to punish your appetites than be punished by them.
Food and Eating
Tyrius Maximus

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It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed.
Thoughts and Thinking
Louise May

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Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Compassion
Rollo May

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Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Despair
Rollo May

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Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
Hatred
Rollo May

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Be smart, but never show it.
Modesty
Louis B Mayer

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Critical remarks are only made by people who love you.
Critics and Criticism
Federico Mayor

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The quality of an organization can never exceed the quality of the minds that make it up.
Organization
Harold R. McAlindon

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Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Ambition
Charlie McCarthy

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It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.
Politicians and Politics
Eugene J. Mccarthy

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun