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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.  
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.  
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor...  
Business is a combination of war and sport.   Business
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simp...  
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no tim...   Age
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you c...  
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like y...  
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by other...  
Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.  
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - a...  
Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is ...  
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete f...  
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness ca...  
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one ...  
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at ha...  
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but r...  
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression...  
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the...  
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged a...   Business
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.  
There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we...  
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid ha...  
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - roman...  
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.  
Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading g...