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If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
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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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
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An unsatisfied woman requires luxury, but a woman who is in love with a man will lie on a board.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.
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A true woman loves a strong man because she knows his weaknesses. She protects as much as she is protected.
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To desire to be perpetually in the society of a pretty woman until the end of one's days, is as if, because one likes good wine, one wished always to have one's mouth full of it.
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