Andre Maurois

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no…

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of…

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past…

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the…

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison…

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile…

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

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises…

Business is a combination of war and sport…

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short…

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous…

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a…

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be…

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All…

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and…