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If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, I took a taxi.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.
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Like a bird, when his cage is opened, stays on his perch, dazzled by freedom, the postponed traveler does not see that his cage, with its bars of anxiety, it is open.
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