Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.


Andre Maurois

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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDE
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
ANDRE GIDE
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Le...
ANDRE GIDE
Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to ...
ANDRE BENJAMIN
I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world.
ANDRE BALAZS
Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
ANDRE GIDE
I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or...
ERIC ANDRE
It's amazing how stress keeps you trim.
PETER ANDRE
I don't think I would do a straight late-night talk show, like a 'Tonight Show' kind of ...
ERIC ANDRE
It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.
ANDRE RIEU
Not everyone can be an orphan.
ANDRE GIDE
I think journaling is a key to success. You can set clear goals for yourself. You can start noticing...
ERIC ANDRE
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
ANDRE BRETON
Words make love with one another.
ANDRE BRETON
Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between...
ANDRE BRETON
I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches s...
ANDRE BRETON
All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
ANDRE BRETON
Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.
ANDRE BRETON
Fate.
She'd never been a big beliver in things like that, had always believed that solid decisi...
BELLA ANDRE