Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
titles illusion lost
Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
effectiveness progression increase
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
insulting may used
When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised
teaching teach
It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently.
attitude mind body
Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.
mind different generations
The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.
two ships wave
Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.
mind suffering body
Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.
style outcomes constraints
Style is the outcome of constraint.
novelty attraction
Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.
perfect-one too-late action
Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late.
spring real writing
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.
simple jargon philosopher
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.
pairs weight reason
To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights.