169 Quotes by Andre Maurois

To feminine eyes a man’s prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a football player, an orator are often responsible for the beginning of a love affair.

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

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt everyday.

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

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

Passionate love produces distorted visions of actual people. Men who are too much in love expect such extraordinary happiness from marriage that they are frequently disappointed.

The longer the road to love, the keener is the pleasure to be experienced by the sensitive lover.

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

The first recipe of happiness - avoid too lengthy meditations on the past.