Andre Maurois Quotes - Page 4

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• An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.

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  Running, Son, Men

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• Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

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  Respite

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• Happiness flourishes where there is happiness...

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  Happiness

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

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• Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.

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  Two, Ships, Wave

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• Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

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  Women, Infidelity, Born

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• If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".

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  New York, Taxi, Late

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• It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not only do malicious people flock about us in order to witness our ruin, but other unfortunates as well, who have been kept away by our happiness, and now feel close to us on account of our troubles.

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  Order, People, Ruins

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

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• 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.

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  Leadership, Business, Quality

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• The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

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  Spring, Real, Writing

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• Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge in idle tranquility with the remark: "The game is won; let's relax." The game is never won. The chances of life are such that anything is possible. Remember what the dangers are for both sexes in middle age. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

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  Marriage, Sex, Couple

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

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• He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

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  Want

  Andre Maurois (2007). “An Art of Living”, p.92, SpiralPress

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• Old age diminishes our strength; it takes away our pleasures one after the other; it withers the soul as well as the body; it renders adventure and friendship difficult; and finally it is shadowed by thoughts of death.

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  Adventure, Soul, Age

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

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• Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.

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  Hard Work, Genius, Aptitude

  Andre Maurois (1942). “A Time for Silence”

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• Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal.

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  Passion, Animal, Men

  "The Art of Writing". Book by Andre Maurois, 1960.

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• An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.

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  Women, Lying, Luxury

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

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• A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.

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  Men, Waste, Combat

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

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• It is restful to leave one's home; not because traveling does not entail varied and difficult daily actions, but because it removes our responsibilities.

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  Home, Responsibility, Doe

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

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• The reputation of a Don Juan gives to a man the most dangerous power. Wise virgins resist it, but foolish virgins frequently yield to the desire to take a celebrated lover from a rival - even from a friend. This emotion is a complex one, mad up of vanity, respect for another woman's taste, and the need to establish self-assurance by winning a difficult victory. Don Juan chose his first mistresses; later he was chosen.

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  Wise, Winning, Men

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

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• Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

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  Happiness, Compassion, Self

  ANDRE MAUROIS (1939). “ARIEL THE LIFE OF SHELLEY”

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• The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.

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  Mind, Different, Generations

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• The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.

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  Spring, Writing, Men

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• A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.

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  Morning, Done, Cleaning

  Andre Maurois (2007). “An Art of Living”, p.161, SpiralPress

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• Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

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  Hands, Style, Definitions

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• When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised

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  Insulting, May, Used

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• Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on.

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  Medicine, Goes On, Old Jokes

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

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