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Woman's great strength lies in being late or absent. Presence immediately reveals the weak points of our beloved when she is absent she become one of the sylph-like figures of our adolescence whom we endowed with perfection.

Andre Maurois

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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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Émile Salomon Wilhelm
Andre Maurois
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Adolescence
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Late
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Presence
Become
Perfection
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