We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. — Andre Maurois Gunpowder Copy Share Image
Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life. — Andre Maurois Expanse Copy Share Image
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. — Andre Maurois Confidence Copy Share Image
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. — Andre Maurois Marriage Copy Share Image
Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable. — Andre Maurois Attraction Copy Share Image
A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. — Andre Maurois Body Copy Share Image
It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently. — Andre Maurois Education Copy Share Image
People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent. — Andre Maurois Art Copy Share Image
The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom… — Andre Maurois Absence Copy Share Image
“And why wander in these labyrinths? Once more, for aesthetic reasons; because this present infinity, these "vertiginous symmetries," have their tragic beauty.… — André Maurois Beauty Copy Share Image
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a… — Andre Maurois Character Copy Share Image
There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea… — Andre Maurois Country Copy Share Image
Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak. — Andre Maurois Collide Copy Share Image
All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful… — Andre Maurois Contrast Copy Share Image
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. — Andre Maurois Afraid Copy Share Image
The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them… — Andre Maurois Depends Copy Share Image
An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot… — Andre Maurois Active Copy Share Image
A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a… — Andre Maurois Accomplished Copy Share Image
“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game is finished, that… — Andre Maurois Age Copy Share Image
It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I… — Andre Maurois Accounts Copy Share Image
Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living… — Andre Maurois Bored Copy Share Image
Woman's great strength lies in being late or absent. Presence immediately reveals the weak points of our beloved; when she is absent… — Andre Maurois Absent Copy Share Image
To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of… — Andre Maurois Actors Copy Share Image
Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge… — Andre Maurois Accomplished Copy Share Image
Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to… — Andre Maurois Accounts Copy Share Image
The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or… — Andre Maurois Action Copy Share Image
