Quotes by Andre Maurois

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

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

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

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.