André Maurois Quotes

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

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.

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

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.