All 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. Civilization
- Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh, and we shall not know that we are dead.… Dead
- Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond. Diamond
- We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her. Funny
- The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man)… Action
- Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation… All
- Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then… Authors
- Like a bird, when his cage is opened, stays on his perch, dazzled by freedom, the postponed traveler does not see that his cage, with… Anxiety
- The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. Avoid
- Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. Alone
- A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. Anniversary
- A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. Always Seems
- Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. Any
- Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. Age
- 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… Angel
- Business is a combination of war and sport. Business
- We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. Age
- 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… Age
- We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. Appreciate
- Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. All
- A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. Conflict
- 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… Art
- Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel. Every Novel
- Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. Constant
- The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. Arguing