Quotes by André Maurois

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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

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A rich man has by his side companions and courtiers, a powerful man has courtiers, a man of action has companions who are also his friends.

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Old age does not forget its delicate experience and likes to give good advice, because it cannot give bad examples.

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Old age begins the day courage dies.

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The efforts you make to correct an indulgent lack of tact towards the interlocutor are more distressing to him than the lack of tact itself.

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Poetry is an emotion that you remember quietly.

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It's not enough to be smart. You need to be smart enough not to allow yourself to become too smart.

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Don't try to make education a series of pleasures. Only effort will give the necessary strength to the mind.

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The man is a contradiction. He is ebb and flow.

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You can learn to write a book just by starting to write. In this craft, as in any other, after a little hesitation, it is proper to throw yourself into the water.

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Each of us is convinced that others are wrong when they judge us, and we are not wrong when we judge others.

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The art of growing old is to be a reply to the young, but not an obstacle, a teacher, and not a rival, understanding, and not indifferent.

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There is no worse enemy than your former friend.

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We must never be sorry that a man is possessed by passions. It's like we're sorry he's human.

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Nothing brings you closer to someone like jealousy.

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Like gas molecules that, under the influence of innumerable blows, change their trajectory of movement every moment, human beings are constantly subject to chance events.

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Veneration almost always ends in offending the revered.

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Propaganda of violence is identical to violence itself.

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The most modest gift can only please provided that the resources of the giver are also not great. The wealthy man must give a little more than his wisdom dictates. He who does not give too much, gives too little.

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In a dispute, the most difficult thing is not so much to defend your point of view as to have an accurate idea of ​​it.

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The most beloved women were those whom lovers rarely saw.

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The woman can be a personality or an object. She is a personality if she does not depend on the man she loves, if she is master of his opinions and plans, of his body and thoughts. She is an object if you allow yourself to be treated like an object, she can be splendid and precious but without a will, subject to the wishes and whims of the master - something like a pleasant meal that quenches hunger.

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The lively woman becomes a refuge for the husband in moments of balance, but the one who constantly complains is like a leaky roof through which water is always dripping. It does not shelter, it irritates.

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Aging is just a bad habit that a busy man doesn't have enough time for.

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Beware of kindness. This is a quality that prompts both men and women to do more folly than the worst vices.

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A business is a combination of war and sport.

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Marriage without love is legal prostitution.

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The immense power of women lies in their absence.

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A great writer must address all aspects of human existence.

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If we use accurate thinking too often, it loses its power

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If we look carefully, we will find some vile intentions even in the most praiseworthy of people.

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A gift chosen with love is immediately recognized by the tendency to guess the addressee's taste by the originality of the idea, by the very manner of giving the gift.

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Everything that corresponds to our desires seems right to us. Everything that contradicts our desires causes us anger.

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To educate means to intensify intelligence and character, it means to go to heights.

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The writer's imagination is born from real feelings.

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From youth to old age there is such a slow transition that one does not even notice the change. In the same way, when autumn follows summer and winter follows autumn, nature changes so gradually that we can hardly follow it.

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Love endures distance and death better than doubt and betrayal.

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Getting old is a bad habit. A really busy person doesn't have time for that anyway.

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A person without a family is all alone in the world and shivers from the cold.

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We often get upset over little things that we shouldn't care about and should forget... We are here on this earth, we only have a few decades to live, and we waste many irretrievable hours pondering over problems that in a year neither we nor no one else will remember.

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Everything that matches our personal desires seems true. If not, we throw a tantrum.

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A successful marriage is a structure that must be rebuilt every day.

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When you act in a certain way, you form a habit. When you form a habit, you create character. When you create character, you define your destiny.

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Above all, don't be afraid! The enemy who makes you retreat is just as afraid of you at that moment.

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The basic tenet of marriage is to try to give without expecting anything in return.