Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
men giving silence
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
insulting may used
When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised
life men kind
The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things outside themselves.
love quality defects
We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.
art book reading
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
love-you love-is blood
A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.
past men body
A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.
love men
You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
women tests acid
Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
art real effort
Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.
running son men
An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.
anger agreement desire
Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true. Everything that is not puts us in a rage.
men affection like-you
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
effectiveness progression increase
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.