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André Maurois on Wedding

1885–1967 France

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17 quotes

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

Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble) (1918)

A married man seeks to please his wife and not God.

Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble) (1918)

The blend of admiration and compassion is one of the surest recipes for love.

One can love a real woman after having loved her imagined counterpart. Similarly, one can adapt oneself to a society which, previously, one held in contempt.

The Art of Writing (1957)

"'He who has found a good wife has found great happiness'", quoted the padre, "'but a quarrelsome woman is like a roof that lets in the rain.'"

Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble) (1918)

An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

Happiness flourishes where there is happiness, and love withers quickly in an atmosphere of constraint and gloom.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

"It's much better to run the risk of a few kisses before marriage, for they at least leave some memories."
"...or some regrets."

A Time for Silence (1942)

The longer the road to love, the keener is the pleasure to be experienced by the sensitive lover.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

There are more love marriages in the United States than in any other country, but Americans are also given to quick and frequent divorces.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

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

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

Byron says that it is easier to die for the woman one loves than to live with her.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

A successful marriage puts an end to feminine friendships; but if marriage is a failure, the young woman must have others to confide in.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

Most of us have to conquer and ceaselessly reconquer the person whom we desire. It is therefore necessary to arouse love in that person.

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: André Maurois (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.