Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
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.
responsibility home doe
It is restful to leave one's home; not because traveling does not entail varied and difficult daily actions, but because it removes our responsibilities.
work doe originality
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
bad busy french-writer growing habit man time
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
compassion french-writer happiness naturally solid
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us, that the most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
defects frankly qualities recognize talk
We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognize our qualities
business quickly talk
Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly
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.
novelty attraction
Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.