Andre Maurois Quotes - Page 2

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• There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

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  Poison, Truth Is, Certain

  Andre Maurois (1925). “Ariel the Life of Shelley”

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• You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.

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  Love, Men

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• In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

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  Love, Literature, Chosen

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• The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

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  Book, Reading, Soul

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.

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  Wise, Mean, Intelligent

  "The Art of Happiness". Book by Andre Maurois, 1971.

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• 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.

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  Time, True Evil, White Hair

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights.

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  Weight, Pairs, Reason

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

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  Smile, Confidence, Self

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• It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently...

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  Teaching, Teach

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

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  Art, Memories, Men

  Andre Maurois, S. C. Roberts (2014). “Aspects of Biography”, p.142, Cambridge University Press

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• There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors.

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  Men, Brilliant, Madmen

  "The Silence of Colonel Bramble". Book by Andre Maurois, 1918.

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• If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

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  Life, Men, Mind

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• A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.

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  Love You, Love Is, Blood

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.

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  Men, Order, Ideas

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• Live as if you were eternal.

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  Life, Eternal Life, Eternal

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• He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.

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  Women, Rain, Wife

  "The Silence of Colonel Bramble". Book by Andre Maurois, 1918.

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• Business is a combination of war and sport.

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  Sports, Business, War

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• Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

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  Anger, Agreement, Desire

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

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  Birthday, Time, Hunting

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• We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

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  Self Esteem, Appreciate, Insolence

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• No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

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  Work, Doe, Originality

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• Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.

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  Attitude, Power, Mind

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• A gentleman is never in a hurry.

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  Gentleman

  "The Silence of Colonel Bramble". Book by Andre Maurois, 1918.

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• All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

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  Discipline, Routine, Needs

  Andre Maurois (2007). “An Art of Living”, p.126, SpiralPress

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• Advice is always a confession.

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  Advice, Confession

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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