Quotes by Andre Maurois

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André Maurois was a French author.
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Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

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Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.

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[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques...

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One might have said that reason made him flee from reason.

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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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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.

Andre Maurois

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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Family quotes by Andre Maurois, Alone quotes by Andre Maurois, UberQuotes

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

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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.

Andre Maurois

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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Business is a combination of war and sport.

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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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Happiness quotes by Andre Maurois, UberQuotes

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

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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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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.

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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

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Author Bio

  • NameAndre Maurois
  • DescriptionFrench writer
  • AliasesHerzog, Émile Salomon Wilhelm,
  • BornJuly 26, 1885
  • DiedOctober 9, 1967
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Essayist; Novelist; Historian; Writer
  • AwardsAcadémie Française