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Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

It is a matter of artistic instinct. In his own thoughts and feelings and way of doing things an act...

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You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melanchol...

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It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations...

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If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured it may never arrive. Mountains will...

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Inspiration comes unawares, from unaccountable sources that have nothing to do with planning or inte...

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Bravo Maurice!: A compilation from the autobiographical writings of Maurice Chevalier

The crime of loving is forgetting.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will...

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Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seven...

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An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

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Maurice Chevalier

Actor

Born: 1888-09-12

Died: 1972-01-01

Maurice Auguste Chevalier (12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French actor, Cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Louise", "Mimi", "Valentine", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade and The Big Pond. His trademark attire was a boater hat, which he always wore on stage with a tuxedo.More