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

— André Maurois, Ariel, ou La vie de Shelley (Paris: Grasset, 1923)

About André Maurois

1885 – 1967

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

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

“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.”

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”

“Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love.”

“I call upon you, young men, to obey your heart, and be the nobility of this land.”

“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”