Andre Maurois Quotes

A collection of quotes by Andre Maurois.

Andre Maurois was a French writer and historian, born on July 26, 1885, in Elbeuf, France. His birth name was Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, but he later changed it to Andre Maurois. He studied at the LycÃ©e Corneille in Rouen and later attended the Ã‰cole Normale SupÃ©rieure in Paris.

Maurois gained recognition for his novels and biographies, which were known for their elegant style and psychological insight. Some of his most notable works include "Climats" (1928), "Ariel" (1923), and "The Silence of Colonel Bramble" (1918), which is a satirical novel about World War I.

Besides his fiction, Maurois was revered for his biographies, particularly those about famous authors like Victor Hugo, Balzac, and Proust. His ability to portray the lives and thoughts of these literary giants made him a widely respected biographer.

Maurois also took an academic interest in history, and during World War II, he joined the French Resistance. After the war, he served as the president of the PEN Club International and was elected to the AcadÃ©mie franÃ§aise in 1938.

Andre Maurois was not only an accomplished writer but also a thinker who delved into the human psyche and explored the complexities of human nature. He passed away on October 9, 1967, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.

Most of us have to conquer and ceaselessly reconquer the per

Most of us have to conquer and ceaselessly reconquer the person whom we desire. It is therefore necessary to arouse love in that person.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humani

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Almost all the great novels have as their motif, more or les

Almost all the great novels have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation, and the disillusioning knowledge of the truth.

The man who truly loves his work returns to it after the bri

The man who truly loves his work returns to it after the briefest rest with a curious kind of voluptuousness. When he is completely absorbed in his job, the end of work seems like the end of life.

Life Work Love Man Theend Rest

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chose

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

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The cinema may have a specific beauty of its own, but it doe

The cinema may have a specific beauty of its own, but it does not permit that constant re-reading, that meditative brooding, those turning-back to passages heavily charged with meaning, which form the special pleasure of the novel-reader.

The truth is that, from the immense spectacle of the world,

The truth is that, from the immense spectacle of the world, each novelists retains the one adventure which enable shim to give expression to his own essential self, just as the painter sees in nature only pictures painted in his manner.

Truth Nature Manners Adventure Self

A man's life is happy, says Pascal, if he begins by being in

A man's life is happy, says Pascal, if he begins by being in love and ends by being ambitious. It will be still happier if, after all his ambitions have been satisfied, it ends in tranquility.

Life Love Man Ambition Theend

The great classic writers, it will be said, sought rather to

The great classic writers, it will be said, sought rather to proclaim universal truths than to leave their imprint on them.

A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for you

A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.

Love People Family Intelligence

Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse

Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.

Life Marriage Man

It is a great joy to admire someone without reserve; love wh

It is a great joy to admire someone without reserve; love which is founded upon admiration oft he mind as well as the body of the chosen person undoubtedly affords the keenest delight.

Love Admiration Mind

Well fitted for friendship is he whom men have not disgusted

Well fitted for friendship is he whom men have not disgusted with mankind, and who, believing and knowing that there are a few noble men, a few great minds, a few delightful souls scattered through the crowd, never tires of searching for them, and loves them even before he has found them.

Men Love Friendship Mind

No one judges the mistakes of love - so long as they are acc

No one judges the mistakes of love - so long as they are accompanied by sincere repentance - no one judges them with more understanding than a woman at once irreproachable and sensitive.

The more vividly we imagine the greatness and the beauty of

The more vividly we imagine the greatness and the beauty of what we love, the more timid we are. - Stendhal

Beauty Love Greatness

Byron says that it is easier to die for the woman one loves

Byron says that it is easier to die for the woman one loves that to live with her.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a ha

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-ad

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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