Andre Maurois
Andre Maurois
André Mauroiswas a French author...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 July 1885
CountryFrance
Andre Maurois quotes about
men brilliant madmen
There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors.
men interesting boredom
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.
life men kind
The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things outside themselves.
men affection like-you
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
men order ideas
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.
life men mind
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.
men painful said
I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.
men waste combat
A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.
men giving silence
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
men modesty virtue
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
song drama flower
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.