Andre Maurois Quotes

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Andre Maurois

Business is a combination of war and sport.

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The 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 Maurois

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

Andre Maurois

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

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Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

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