Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
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.
self self-pity pity
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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.
smile confidence self
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
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.