Andre Maurois

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#chosen #literature #love #others

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#day #edifice #every #every day #must

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#always #conversation #happy #happy marriage #long

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#bad #bad habit #busy #busy person #form

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

— Andre Maurois

#ages #gunpowder #humanity #inventions #love

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

— Andre Maurois

#any #everyone #lacks #more #one thing

Business is a combination of war and sport. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#combination #war

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#conflicts #crises #inconceivable #marriage #nation

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#character #create #destiny #habit #you

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

— Andre Maurois

#alone #cold #man #trembles #without