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
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
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
An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board. — Andre Maurois Boards Copy Share Image
Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over… — Andre Maurois Action Copy Share Image
The reputation of a Don Juan gives to a man the most dangerous power. Wise virgins resist it, but foolish virgins frequently… — Andre Maurois Another woman Copy Share Image
It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently. — Andre Maurois Education Copy Share Image
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it. — Andre Maurois Despise 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
You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him. — Andre Maurois Inspirational Copy Share Image
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. — Andre Maurois Humanity Copy Share Image
British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and… — Andre Maurois Allusion Copy Share Image
Men and women are not borninconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. — Andre Maurois Great saying by great authors Copy Share Image
A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected. — Andre Maurois Knows Copy Share Image
In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it. — Andre Maurois Able Copy Share Image
Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles. — Andre Maurois Artificial Copy Share Image
Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a… — Andre Maurois Art Copy Share Image
If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not… — Andre Maurois Desire Copy Share Image
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. — Andre Maurois Argument Copy Share Image
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. — Andre Maurois Marriage Copy Share Image
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. — Andre Maurois Communication Copy Share Image
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference… — Andre Maurois Angel Copy Share Image
We don't go to school to learn, but to be soaked in the prejudices of our class, without which we should be… — Andre Maurois Class Copy Share Image
