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A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.
Andre Maurois
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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
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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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A gentleman is never in a hurry.
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One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them.
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No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
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Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.
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