Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
ANDRE MAUROISStyle is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
ANDRE MAUROISSmile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
ANDRE MAUROISA happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
ANDRE MAUROISThe most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
ANDRE MAUROISIf you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
ANDRE MAUROISPeople are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
ANDRE MAUROISOld age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations.
ANDRE MAUROISThe effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
ANDRE MAUROISA contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
ANDRE MAUROISThe most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
ANDRE MAUROISA successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
ANDRE MAUROISTo be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
ANDRE MAUROISNo one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
ANDRE MAUROISIf men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
ANDRE MAUROISLost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
ANDRE MAUROISMemory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
ANDRE MAUROIS