Andre Maurois on certain
Andre Maurois34 quotes“There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.”
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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 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.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
Andre MauroisAndre 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 MauroisAndre Maurois In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
Andre MauroisAndre Maurois The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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