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Old age diminishes our strength it takes away our pleasures one after the other it withers the soul as well as the body it renders adventure and friendship difficult and finally it is shadowed by thoughts of death.

Andre Maurois

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Andre Maurois
Age: 82 †
Born: 1885
Born: July 26
Died: 1967
Died: October 7
Biographer
Critic
Essayist
Historian
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Elboeuf
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Émile Salomon Wilhelm
Andre Maurois
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Death
Adventure
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Friendship
Shadowed
Body
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Withers
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Pleasure
Diminish
Age
Pleasures
Difficult
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