Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
-
-
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 -
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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 -
If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
The 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 MAUROIS -
A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
Business is a combination of war and sport.
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 -
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
ANDRE MAUROIS