Quotes by : Andre Maurois

In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.

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

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometrical progression if there are no interruptions.....

Few are they who have never had the chance to achieve happiness ... and fewer those who have taken that....

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished,....

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping....

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

He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness-and fewer those who have taken that chance.....

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness....