[ andre maurois Quotes ]
17 Quotations
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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
[ Marriage ]
Andre Maurois
31 votes
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
[ Marriage ]
Andre Maurois
29 votes
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
[ Affection ]
Andre Maurois
27 votes
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
[ Marriage ]
Andre Maurois
28 votes
Business is a combination of war and sport.
[ Business ]
Andre Maurois
25 votes
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
[ Conversation ]
Andre Maurois
29 votes
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
[ Age and Aging ]
Andre Maurois
31 votes
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.
[ Literature ]
Andre Maurois
27 votes
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
[ Infidelity ]
Andre Maurois
29 votes
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
[ Originality ]
Andre Maurois
26 votes
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
[ Confidence ]
Andre Maurois
30 votes
Style [Is] the hallmark of a temperament stamped on the material in hand.
[ Style ]
Andre Maurois
29 votes
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
[ Argument ]
Andre Maurois
28 votes
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such.
[ Leaders and Leadership ]
Andre Maurois
30 votes
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
[ Fiction ]
Andre Maurois
30 votes
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
[ Wit ]
Andre Maurois
28 votes
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity -- gunpowder and romantic love.
[ Invention and Inventor ]
Andre Maurois
28 votes
