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“The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.”
“Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.”
“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”
“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.”
“Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.”
“The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.”
“If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.”
“No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.”
“If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.”
“In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”
“The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.”