Quotes by Maurois, Andre

Style [Is] the hallmark of a temperament stamped on the materi >>

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you c >>

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early >>

Quotations about Pettiness

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become inca >>

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise >>

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill >>

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. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.

Maurois, Andre