Quote

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

Andre Maurois

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
Biographer
Critic
Essayist
Historian
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Elboeuf
Herzog
Émile Salomon Wilhelm
Andre Maurois
Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog
Desire
Obtain
Lives
Frequently
Mind
Failed
Really
Discover
Things
Minds
Would
Regard
Men
Events
Life
Open

More quotes by Andre Maurois

Image
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
Image
Happiness flourishes where there is happiness...
Andre Maurois
Image
Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.
Andre Maurois
Image
Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on.
Andre Maurois
Image
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
Image
It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not only do malicious people flock about us in order to witness our ruin, but other unfortunates as well, who have been kept away by our happiness, and now feel close to us on account of our troubles.
Andre Maurois
Image
Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.
Andre Maurois
Image
One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.
Andre Maurois
Image
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
Andre Maurois
Image
Old age diminishes our strength it takes away our pleasures one after the other it withers the soul as well as the body it renders adventure and friendship difficult and finally it is shadowed by thoughts of death.
Andre Maurois
Image
Live as if you were eternal.
Andre Maurois
Image
[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.
Andre Maurois
Image
In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.
Andre Maurois
Image
Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
Andre Maurois
Image
A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.
Andre Maurois
Image
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
Andre Maurois
Image
Among the idle rich, boredom is one of the most common causes of unhappiness. People who have difficulty in earning their living may suffer greatly, but they are not bored. Wealthy men and women become bored when they depend upon the theater for their enjoyment instead of making their own lives interesting.
Andre Maurois
Image
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
Andre Maurois
Image
The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.
Andre Maurois
Image
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Andre Maurois