Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
men brilliant madmen
There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors.
men interesting boredom
Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer greatly, but they are not bored. Wealthy men and women become bored when they depend upon the theater for their enjoyment instead of making their own lives interesting.
passion men animal
Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal.
wise winning men
The reputation of a Don Juan gives to a man the most dangerous power. Wise virgins resist it, but foolish virgins frequently yield to the desire to take a celebrated lover from a rival - even from a friend. This emotion is a complex one, mad up of vanity, respect for another woman's taste, and the need to establish self-assurance by winning a difficult victory. Don Juan chose his first mistresses; later he was chosen.
men painful said
I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.
men waste combat
A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.
men order ideas
Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.
self-esteem men office
What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing in which self-esteem always expects to profit.
men giving silence
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
life men kind
The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things outside themselves.
past men body
A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.
love men
You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
running son men
An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.
men affection like-you
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.