Ancestor Quote by Andre Maurois

Style is the outcome of constraint.

— Andre Maurois

To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights.

— Andre Maurois

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

— Andre Maurois

It is not events and the things one sees and enjoys that produce happiness, but a state of mind which can endow events with…

— Andre Maurois

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

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

“O mare dragoste nu este de ajuns pentru a lega de tine fiinta pe care o iubesti, daca nu te pricepi sa umpli viata…

— André Maurois

Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.

— Andre Maurois

“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game is finished, that the stage…

— Andre Maurois

It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not…

— Andre Maurois

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

— Andre Maurois

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

— Andre Maurois