169 Quotes by Andre Maurois

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.

Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.

Live as if you were eternal.

People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent.

Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.

He loved books as other men love women, or opium, or tobacco: they were as a soothing drug to make him forget life.

We don’t love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, “I took a taxi”.