Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
wise mean intelligent
For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.
perfect-one too-late action
Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late.
real found real-ones
We console ourselves with several friends for not having found one real one.
self self-pity pity
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
hard-work genius aptitude
Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.
men vulnerable tempest
Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.
life eternal-life ifs
Live as if you were eternal.
art men people
People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent.
mind suffering body
Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.
spring real writing
The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.
women
We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.
love age needs
[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques...
want
He who wants to do everything will never do anything.
country ideas giving
There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.