The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
ANDRE MAUROISThe first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
ANDRE MAUROISThe true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
ANDRE MAUROISThe really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
ANDRE MAUROISThe difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
ANDRE MAUROISThe effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
ANDRE MAUROISIf you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
ANDRE MAUROISA successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
ANDRE MAUROISThere are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
ANDRE MAUROISWe owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
ANDRE MAUROISA happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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.
ANDRE MAUROISModesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.
ANDRE MAUROISAn artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
ANDRE MAUROISStyle is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
ANDRE MAUROISTo be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
ANDRE MAUROISLost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
ANDRE MAUROIS