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Andre Maurois Quotes (160 quotes)

“Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“There is no absurdity or contradiction to which passion may not lead a man. When love or hate takes control, reason must submit and then discover justifications for their folly.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“Thinking is easy, said Goethe, acting is difficult, and to put one's thought into action is the most difficult thing in the world. And Tolstoy: It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle into practice.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“Knowledge is ours only if, at the moment of need, it offers itself to the mind without syllogisms or demonstrations for which there is no time.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“To work is to transform or move things or creatures in ways that will render them more useful or more beautiful; it is also to study the laws governing these transformations, formulate them or apply them.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently, and an overloaded curriculum is useless. The object of instruction is not to produce technicians, but good active minds.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“The man who truly loves his work returns to it after the briefest rest with a curious kind of voluptuousness. When he is completely absorbed in his job, the end of work seems like the end of life.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“Paul Valery has no hesitation in saying that the greatest evils today are elections and diplomas.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“Nothing is so discouraging to subordinates as a chief who hesitates. Firmness, said Napoleon, prevails in all things.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“Tell only what is necessary to the person one must tell, and only when it must be told.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“Nothing, wrote General de Gaulle, strengthens authority so much as silence. Speech dilutes thought; it allows one's courage to leak away - in short, it dissipates the concentration that is required.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

“A leader should have a quick intelligence. Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late. Sometimes time is so important that it becomes the principal consideration.”
―Andre Maurois

Source/Notes:
The Art of Living (1939)

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Andre Maurois

Andre Maurois

Born: July 26, 1885

Died: October 9, 1967 (aged 82)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Bio: André Maurois was a French author.

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