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Andre Maurois

13 quotes

Selected quotes · 13
01
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
Andre MauroisCreativity
02
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
Andre MauroisSuccess
03
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
Andre MauroisHappiness
04
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
Andre MauroisWisdom
05
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
Andre MauroisWisdom
06
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
Andre MauroisGrowth
07
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Andre MauroisJustice
08
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
Andre MauroisHappiness
09
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Andre MauroisHappiness
10
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
Andre MauroisLife
11
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
Andre MauroisCreativity
12
Business is a combination of war and sport.
Andre MauroisWisdom
13
Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
Andre MauroisFaith