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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.

Andre Maurois

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