Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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.
More Andre Maurois Quotes
-
-
If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
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 -
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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 -
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 first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
ANDRE MAUROIS -
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
ANDRE MAUROIS