We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. — Andre Maurois Appreciate Copy Share Image
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly… — Andre Maurois Business 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
People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent. — Andre Maurois Art Copy Share Image
Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind. — Andre Maurois Body Copy Share Image
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. — Andre Maurois Every day 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 friendship of two young people,' says Goethe somewhere, 'is delightful when the girl likes to learn and the boy to teach.'… — Andre Maurois Curiosity Copy Share Image
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. — Andre Maurois Fashion Copy Share Image
For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape. — Andre Maurois Action Copy Share Image
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. — Andre Maurois Communication Copy Share Image
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people — Andre Maurois Books 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
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
It is restful to leave one's home; not because traveling does not entail varied and difficult daily actions, but because it removes… — Andre Maurois Action Copy Share Image
We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her. — Andre Maurois Funny Copy Share Image
There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors. — Andre Maurois Ancestor Copy Share Image
A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning. — Andre Maurois Cleaning Copy Share Image
The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent… — Andre Maurois Action 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
I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful. — Andre Maurois Death Copy Share Image
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in… — Andre Maurois Art Copy Share Image
