Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
life men mind
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.
hands style definitions
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
men modesty virtue
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
opinion arguing argument
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
writing negative novel
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
book reading soul
The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.
respite
Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.
two ships wave
Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.
discipline routine needs
All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.
inspirational character destiny
If you create a character, you create a destiny.
spring writing men
The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.
writing maturity expectations
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel.
book reading writing
Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions.
bird anxiety cages
Like a bird, when his cage is opened, stays on his perch, dazzled by freedom, the postponed traveler does not see that his cage, with its bars of anxiety, it is open.