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Andre Maurois, or Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, (July 26, 1885 October 9, 1967) was a French author and man of letters. "Andr Maurois" was a pen name that became his legal name in 1947. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection."

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

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"Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul."

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"If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain."

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"The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life."

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

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

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"The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such."

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

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"In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people."

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