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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.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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