An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.Andre Maurois
Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness - and fewer those who have taken that chance.Andre Maurois
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.Andre Maurois
Men and women are not born inconstant [unfaithful]: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.Andre Maurois
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.Andre Maurois
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
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.Andre Maurois
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.Andre Maurois
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.Andre Maurois
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
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.Andre Maurois
