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Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true everything that is not puts us in a rage.
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