169 Quotes by Andre Maurois

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.

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

Advice is always a confession.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

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

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.

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

Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.