Andre Maurois Quotes - Page 5

• If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.

  André Maurois

  Men, Affection, Like You

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• La reputación de Don Juan confiere a un hombre el poder más peligroso. Las vírgenes sabias se resisten a ello, pero las vírgenes necias ceden con frecuencia al deseo de arrebatar una amante célebre a una rival, incluso a una amiga. Se trata de una emoción compleja, compuesta de vanidad, respeto por el gusto de otra mujer y la necesidad de adquirir seguridad en sí mismo mediante una victoria difícil. Don Juan eligió a sus primeras amantes; más tarde fue elegido.

  André Maurois

  Sabios, Ganar, Hombres

  "El arte de vivir". Libro de André Maurois, 1939.

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• 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.

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  Adventure, Soul, Age

  "El arte de vivir". Libro de André Maurois, 1939.

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• 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.

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  Simple, Jargon, Philosopher

  "The Art of Writing". Book by Andre Maurois, 1960.

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• 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.

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  School, Class, Unhappy

  "The Silence of Colonel Bramble". Book by André Maurois, 1918.

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• Happiness flourishes where there is happiness...

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  Happiness (Felicidad)

  "El arte de vivir". Libro de André Maurois, 1939.

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• 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.

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  Football, Eye, Player

  "El arte de vivir". Libro de André Maurois, 1939.

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• Woman's great strength lies in being late or absent. Presence immediately reveals the weak points of our beloved; when she is absent she become one of the sylph-like figures of our adolescence whom we endowed with perfection.

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  Women, Lying, Perfection

  "El arte de vivir". Libro de André Maurois, 1939.

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

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  Lying, Able, Opinion

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

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  Men, Vulnerable, Tempest

  "El arte de vivir". Libro de André Maurois, 1939.

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• [...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.

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  Love, Age, Needs

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• 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.

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  Writing, Giving, Essentials

  "The Art of Writing". Book by Andre Maurois, 1960.

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• What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing in which self-esteem always expects to profit.

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  Self Esteem, Men, Office

  "El arte de vivir". Libro de André Maurois, 1939.

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• I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.

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  Men, Painful, Said

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

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  Effectiveness, Progression, Increase

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• Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.

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  Women, Tests, Acid

  ANDRE MAUROIS (1939). “ARIEL THE LIFE OF SHELLEY”

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