About André Maurois
André Maurois (French: [mɔʁwa]; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author.
More quotations from André Maurois
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
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Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.