Quotes by Andre Maurois

"The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force."

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

"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."

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

"People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel."

"A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day."

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

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

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

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

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

"Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul."