Andre Maurois Quotes (17 quotations)
1. A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. - Andre Maurois
2. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. - Andre Maurois
3. Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. - Andre Maurois
4. An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. - Andre Maurois
5. Business is a combination of war and sport. - Andre Maurois
6. Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. - Andre Maurois
7. If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it. - Andre Maurois
8. In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. - Andre Maurois
9. Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel. - Andre Maurois
10. 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. - Andre Maurois
11. Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. - Andre Maurois
12. The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. - Andre Maurois
13. The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. - Andre Maurois
14. There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country. - Andre Maurois
15. We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love. - Andre Maurois
16. Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. - Andre Maurois
17. Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions. - Andre Maurois
2. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. - Andre Maurois
3. Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. - Andre Maurois
4. An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. - Andre Maurois
5. Business is a combination of war and sport. - Andre Maurois
6. Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. - Andre Maurois
7. If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it. - Andre Maurois
8. In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. - Andre Maurois
9. Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel. - Andre Maurois
10. 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. - Andre Maurois
11. Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. - Andre Maurois
12. The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. - Andre Maurois
13. The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. - Andre Maurois
14. There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country. - Andre Maurois
15. We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love. - Andre Maurois
16. Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. - Andre Maurois
17. Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions. - Andre Maurois
