35 quotes found
Author · French · 1885–1967
French author (1885–1967)
“In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.”
“Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness-and fewer those who have taken that chance.”
“Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.”
“Men fear silence as they fear solitude because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.”
“Above all things never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.”
“Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.”
“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.”
“Business is a combination of war and sport.”
“Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. ...”
“One might have said that reason made him flee from reason.”
“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.”
“Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by e...”
“Ne dites pas trop de mal de vous-meme: on vous croirait. - Don't talk too badly of yourself: they ight believe you.”
