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Claude Mauriac
French writer.
Born April 25th, 1914 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1996 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon