Creative Quotations from Andre Maurois (1885-1967)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Andre Maurois
(1885-1967) born on Jul 26

French "biographer, novelist, essayist". He was a prominent personality in French letters for 50 years.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

Style is the hallmark of temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

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

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

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "Quote Disk 1,2,3," by DBUG, 1991."
R:	"The Art of Writing, 1960"
A:	BBC-TV - 'Who Said That?'
N:	"The Art of Living, "The Art of Growing Old" (1940)."
K:	"In "The Almanac of Quotable Quotes from 1990," by Ronald D. Pasquariello, 1991."