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Brief author info: Andre Maurois (1885-1967) Pen name of Emile Herzog. French biographer, novelist, essayist.
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We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us, that the most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Advice is always a confession.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are virtues which men praise - and pass by.
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