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...distinguished partisan in the only warfare the French ever enjoyed, and the only fight Americans think that they have pressed hard-the battle of the sexes. "One must make the choice between loving women and knowing them; there is no middle course," said Nicolas Chamfort, 18th century epigrammist. True for most men, but not for Maurois. He loved women, and he knew them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Our Man in Paris | 11/17/1967 | See Source »

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