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Andre Maurois quotes: Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world. Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.
Andre Maurois quotes: Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak. Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.
Andre Maurois quotes: Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal. Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal.
Andre Maurois quotes: We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity romantic love and gunpowder. We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity
romantic love and gunpowder.
Andre Maurois quotes: We console ourselves with several friends for not having found one real one. We console ourselves with several friends for not having found one real one.
Andre Maurois quotes: Happiness flourishes where there is happiness. Happiness flourishes where there is happiness.
Andre Maurois quotes: 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. 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.
Andre Maurois quotes: 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. 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.
Andre Maurois quotes: A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
Andre Maurois quotes: Live as if you were eternal. Live as if you were eternal.
Andre Maurois quotes: One might have said that reason made him flee from reason. One might have said that reason made him flee from reason.
Andre Maurois quotes: Advice is always a confession. Advice is always a confession.
Andre Maurois quotes: Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true. Everything that is not puts us into a rage. Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires
seems true. Everything that is not puts us into a rage.
Andre Maurois quotes: For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape. For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.
Andre Maurois quotes: The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz. The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.
Andre Maurois quotes: A gentleman is never in a hurry. A gentleman is never in a hurry.
Andre Maurois quotes: An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
Andre Maurois quotes: To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights. To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights.
Andre Maurois quotes: The longer the road to love, the keener is the pleasure. The longer the road to love, the keener is the pleasure.
Andre Maurois quotes: Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
Andre Maurois quotes: Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work. Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.
Andre Maurois quotes: If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it. If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
Andre Maurois quotes: We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
Andre Maurois quotes: No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity. No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
Andre Maurois quotes: An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board. An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.
Andre Maurois quotes: A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected. A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.
Andre Maurois quotes: Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
Andre Maurois quotes: You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him. You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
Andre Maurois quotes: Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test. Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
Andre Maurois quotes: Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
Andre Maurois quotes: The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
Andre Maurois quotes: Every ten years you should delete from your mind a few ideas that your experience has proven to be false, dangerous. Every ten years you should delete from your mind a few ideas that your experience has proven to be false, dangerous.
Andre Maurois quotes: I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful. I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.
Andre Maurois quotes: The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book. The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
Andre Maurois quotes: Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Andre Maurois quotes: Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization. Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.
Andre Maurois quotes: Business is a combination of war and sport. Business is a combination of war and sport.
Andre Maurois quotes: Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind. Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.
Andre Maurois quotes: Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance. Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.
Andre Maurois quotes: Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness. Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
Andre Maurois quotes: 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. 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.
Andre Maurois quotes: In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Andre Maurois quotes: Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies. Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.
Andre Maurois quotes: One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them. One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.
Andre Maurois quotes: We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her. We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.
Andre Maurois quotes: Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life. Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.
Andre Maurois quotes: Without a family,man,alone in the world, trembles with the cold. Without a family,man,alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
Andre Maurois quotes: It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently. It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently.
Andre Maurois quotes: A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning. A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.
Andre Maurois quotes: To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it. To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
Andre Maurois quotes: There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors. There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors.
Andre Maurois quotes: Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
Andre Maurois quotes: Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable. Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.
Andre Maurois quotes: In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it. In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.
Andre Maurois quotes: The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block. The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block.
Andre Maurois quotes: All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast. All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.
Andre Maurois quotes: He who wants to do everything will never do anything. He who wants to do everything will never do anything.
Andre Maurois quotes: The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Andre Maurois quotes: He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain. He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.
Andre Maurois quotes: A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.
Andre Maurois quotes: We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities. We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.
Andre Maurois quotes: If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi". If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".
Andre Maurois quotes: When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised
Andre Maurois quotes: The life of a couple is lived on the mental level of the more mediocre of the two beings who compose it. The life of a couple is lived on the mental level of the more mediocre of the two beings who compose it.
Andre Maurois quotes: There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison. There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Andre Maurois quotes: Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
Andre Maurois quotes: Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
Andre Maurois quotes: The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
Andre Maurois quotes: Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on. Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on.
Andre Maurois quotes: Ne dites pas trop de mal de vous-meme: on vous croirait. - Don't talk too badly of yourself: they ight believe you. Ne dites pas trop de mal de vous-meme: on vous croirait. - Don't talk too badly of yourself: they ight believe you.
Andre Maurois quotes: Style is the outcome of constraint. Style is the outcome of constraint.
Andre Maurois quotes: There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country. There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.
Andre Maurois quotes: Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Andre Maurois quotes: We are almost always the craftsman of our own unhappiness. We are almost always the craftsman of our own unhappiness.
Andre Maurois quotes: Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein. Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein.
Andre Maurois quotes: A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste. A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.
Andre Maurois quotes: Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond. Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.
Andre Maurois quotes: The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies. The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.
Andre Maurois quotes: Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late. Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late.
Andre Maurois quotes: [ ... ] marriage is one thing, and love is another ... You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques ... [ ... ] marriage is one thing, and love is another ... You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques ...
Andre Maurois quotes: The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
Andre Maurois quotes: A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
Andre Maurois quotes: People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent. People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent.
Andre Maurois quotes: A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
Andre Maurois quotes: Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice. Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.
Andre Maurois quotes: Happiness is never there to stay [ ... ] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude. Happiness is never there to stay [ ... ] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

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