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. -Andre Maurois Age
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. -Andre Maurois Funny
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. -Andre Maurois Age
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. -Andre Maurois Happiness
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. -Andre Maurois Funny
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. -Andre Maurois Smile
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. -Andre Maurois Business
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. -Andre Maurois Romantic
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. -Andre Maurois Happiness
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. -Andre Maurois Intelligence
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. -Andre Maurois Relationship
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. -Andre Maurois Marriage
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. -Andre Maurois Fitness
