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

— André Maurois, The Art of Living (1940), Ch. 8

About André Maurois

1885 – 1967

French author and biographer, author of "The Art of Living".

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

“There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors.”

“Telephones are like women. No one really knows anything about them.”

“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

“Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.”

“All the best sands of my life are somehow getting into the wrong end of the hourglass.”

“The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.”

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“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”

“Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'tis but the funeral of the former year.”