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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

[Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

André Maurois (1885-1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

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Maurois, Andre - The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 "The Art of Growing Old" (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)] | WIST Quotations

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. [Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.] (Source (French))

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