The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought. Andre Maurois More Quotes by Andre Maurois More Quotes From Andre Maurois We console ourselves with several friends for not having found one real one. Andre Maurois real-ones real found The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies. Andre Maurois reading soul book To desire to be perpetually in the society of a pretty woman until the end of one's days, is as if, because one likes good wine, one wished always to have one's mouth full of it. Andre Maurois pretty-woman women wine Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer greatly, but they are not bored. Wealthy men and women become bored when they depend upon the theater for their enjoyment instead of making their own lives interesting. Andre Maurois boredom men people Style is the outcome of constraint. Andre Maurois constraints style outcomes 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. Andre Maurois marriage couple sex Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness. Andre Maurois fear men death In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it. Andre Maurois opinion able lying The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz. Andre Maurois generations different mind To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a football player, an orator are often responsible for the beginning of a love affair. Andre Maurois eye player football People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent. Andre Maurois men people art 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. Andre Maurois writing spring men 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. Andre Maurois men order ideas I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful. Andre Maurois painful said men Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. Andre Maurois style definitions hands Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles. Andre Maurois inflation crime serious Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable. Andre Maurois attraction novelty Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. Andre Maurois modesty praise men Live as if you were eternal. Andre Maurois eternal-life eternal life Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. Andre Maurois self-pity pity self
