To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
From Andre Maurois
Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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