Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
ANDRE MAUROISSmile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
-
-
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
If 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 MAUROIS -
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
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 the rising generations.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
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 and an unfaithful record.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
ANDRE MAUROIS