Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
love happiness two
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
poison truth-is certain
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
character destiny habit
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
work doe originality
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
inspirational enemy retreat
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
happiness compassion self
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
self-esteem appreciate insolence
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
freedom learning simple
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
women wine pretty-woman
To desire to be perpetually in the society of a pretty woman until the end of one's days, is as if, because one likes good wine, one wished always to have one's mouth full of it.
smile confidence self
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
ideas years mind
Every ten years you should delete from your mind a few ideas that your experience has proven to be false.
witty humor too-much
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
teaching angel men
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.
inspirational family men
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.