Andre Maurois on sport
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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