Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
Andre Maurois quotes about
art block support
The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block.
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.
art real effort
Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.
art men people
People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent.
art memories men
Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
art beside effort human
Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world
mind different generations
The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.
strong women true-woman
A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.
women lying perfection
Woman's great strength lies in being late or absent. Presence immediately reveals the weak points of our beloved; when she is absent she become one of the sylph-like figures of our adolescence whom we endowed with perfection.
women rain wife
He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.
pairs weight reason
To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights.
simple jargon philosopher
The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.
writing giving doe
A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and this he does by giving it a shape.
novelty attraction
Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.