Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind. Andre Maurois More Quotes by Andre Maurois More Quotes From Andre Maurois We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities. Andre Maurois qualityappreciationlove Every ten years you should delete from your mind a few ideas that your experience has proven to be false. Andre Maurois mindyearsideas A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. Andre Maurois conflictcrisismarriage Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond. Andre Maurois sincerityglassesdiamond People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. Andre Maurois angelteachingmen 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. Andre Maurois mindmenlife Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal. Andre Maurois passionanimalmen Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality. Andre Maurois mindculturereality Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. Andre Maurois huntingtimebirthday 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. Andre Maurois qualitybusinessleadership Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage. Andre Maurois angeragreementdesire Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal. Andre Maurois immortalitysoulflesh There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors. Andre Maurois madmenbrilliantmen A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste. Andre Maurois combatwastemen No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity. Andre Maurois originalitydoework Business is a combination of war and sport. Andre Maurois businesssportswar British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified. Andre Maurois hittingboxinggames All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast. Andre Maurois routinedisciplineneeds A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem. Andre Maurois flowersongdrama For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape. Andre Maurois intelligentwisemean
