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Andre Maurois Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Jul 26, 1885
  • Died: Oct 9, 1967

André Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (26 July 1885 - 9 October 1967) was a French author.

Maurois was born in Elbeuf and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, both in Normandy. Maurois was the son of Ernest Herzog, a Jewish textile manufacturer, and Alice (Lévy-Rueff) Herzog. His family had fled Alsace after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 - 1871 and took refuge in Normandy, where they owned a woollen mill at Elbeuf.

During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer to the British army. His first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty but socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and also became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English (mainly by Hamish Miles (1894 - 1937)), as they often dealt with British people or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley.

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

Business is a combination of war and sport. business & war

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. happiness

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. alone & family

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

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

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

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. happiness

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

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

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. age

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

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

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

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