Andre Maurois Quotes
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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.
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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
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If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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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.
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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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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.
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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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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.
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Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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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.