Andre Maurois Quotes & Sayings

“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”

“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”

“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”

“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.”

“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.”

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

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

“A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.”

“Business is a combination of war and sport.”

“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.”