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Pascal said that if geometry stirred us emotionally as much as politics we would not be able to expound it so well (Andre Maurois Quotes)
There are very few men who do not reckon the cost to themselves of a system of taxes before approving it (Andre Maurois Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Nothing is so discouraging to subordinates as a chief who hesitates. Firmness, said Napoleon, prevails in all things (Andre Maurois Quotes)
Tell only what is necessary to the person one must tell, and only when it must be told (Andre Maurois Quotes)
It was said of President Wilson that he had faith in humanity but distrusted all men. The true leader distrusts humanity but has faith in a few men (Andre Maurois Quotes)
A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning (Andre Maurois Quotes)
The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling block, as a confidant and not as a rival (Andre Maurois Quotes)
The best way to honor friends who have died is to treat our living ones with equal affection (Andre Maurois Quotes)
There is no happiness without forgetfulness. I have never known a real man of action to be unhappy during action. How could he be? Like a child at play, he stops thinking of himself (Andre Maurois Quotes)
For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape (Andre Maurois Quotes)
An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board (Andre Maurois Quotes)
We don't go to school to learn, but to be soaked in the prejudices of our class, without which we should be useless and unhappy (Andre Maurois Quotes)
British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified (Andre Maurois Quotes)
He who has found a good wife has found great happiness, but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain (Andre Maurois Quotes)
There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors (Andre Maurois Quotes)
To desire to be perpetually in the society of a pretty woman until the end of one's days, is as if, because one likes good wine, one wished always to have one's mouth full of it (Andre Maurois Quotes)
Telephones are like women. No one really knows anything about them. One fine day, something goes wrong; you try to find out why, no good, you swear, you shake them up a bit and all is well (Andre Maurois Quotes)
A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and this he does by giving it a shape (Andre Maurois Quotes)
The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought (Andre Maurois Quotes)
The great classic writers, it will be said, sought rather to proclaim universal truths than to leave their imprint on them (Andre Maurois Quotes)
The aspiring author, whether genius or not, should never let a day pass without writing at least a few lines (Andre Maurois Quotes)
One can love a real woman after having loved her imagined counterpart. Similarly, one can adapt oneself to a society which, previously, one held in contempt (Andre Maurois Quotes)
The old writer, like the old actor, is a master of his craft. Youthfulness of style is no more than a matter of technique (Andre Maurois Quotes)
It's much better to run the risk of a few kisses before marriage, for they at least leave some memories... Or some regrets (Andre Maurois Quotes)
A little unsure of himself in her presence, he always addressed her in questions, a habit common to parents, sovereigns, generals, and teachers (Andre Maurois Quotes)
No one judges the mistakes of love - so long as they are accompanied by sincere repentance - no one judges them with more understanding than a woman at once irreproachable and sensitive (Andre Maurois Quotes)
Our poor bodies have strength and resources that we learn to know only when we are in the gravest situations (Andre Maurois Quotes)
If men could regard the events of their lives with more open minds they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the thing they failed to obtain (Andre Maurois Quotes)