What did Andre Maurois mean by: We console ourselves with several friends for not having found one real one. - Andre Maurois Author · France Copy
+ In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Andre Maurois, Lying, Opinion, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
+ If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, “I took a taxi”. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Andre Maurois, Late, New York, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
+ Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. Feraz Zeid, September 14, 2023December 26, 2023, Andre Maurois, Pity, Self, Self-pity, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
+ Business is a combination of war and sport. Feraz Zeid, July 26, 2023December 12, 2023, Andre Maurois, Business, Sports, War, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
+ Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Andre Maurois, Definitions, Hands, Style, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
+ Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Andre Maurois, Born, Infidelity, Women, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
+ Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel. Feraz Zeid, July 21, 2023December 12, 2023, Andre Maurois, Illusion, Lost, Titles, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
+ The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Andre Maurois, Being Happy, Business, Happiness, 0 - Andre Maurois Author · France
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France