WIST Quotations

Maurois, Andre -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year’s time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody.

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
(Attributed)

Maurois, Andre -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: “I do not know.”

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
(Attributed)

Maurois, Andre -- Conversation, “Action in Conversation” (1930)

Dave — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:51:26 +0000

The difficult part of an argument is not to defend one’s opinion, but rather to know it.

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
Conversation, “Action in Conversation” (1930)
(Source)

Maurois, Andre -- Conversation, “Confidences” (1930)

Dave — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 22:32:55 +0000

The voice of a man when he reads reveals not what he is, but what he wants to be. It is the voice of the personage whom he visualizes when he thinks of himself.

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
Conversation, “Confidences” (1930)
(Source)

Maurois, Andre -- Conversation, “Sincerity” (1930)

Dave — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:46:18 +0000

Sincerity must be used in moderation, even with our most intimate friends. To be too frank is to put into an opinion what may be simply ill temper; it is to risk losing a friend because of a poorly digested roast, a headache, a thunderstorm.

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
Conversation, “Sincerity” (1930)
(Source)

Maurois, Andre -- Lettres a l’Inconnue (1953)

Dave — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:24:16 +0000

To love the worthy people who surround me, shun the evil ones, enjoy the good things in life, endure the bad, and remember to forget. This is my optimism. It has helped me to live. May it help you also.

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
Lettres a l’Inconnue (1953)

Maurois, Andre -- The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

Dave — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 01:44:49 +0000

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

[Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]
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(Source (French))

Maurois, Andre -- The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 6 “The Art of Working” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

[En littérature comme en amour, on est surpris par les choix des autres.]

André Maurois (1885–1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 6 “The Art of Working” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]
(Source)

(Source (French)). Sometimes cited to the New York Times, but only because it was reprinted there in the article “Reading Matter: Some Bookish Quotes” (1963-04-14).