“To win a woman in the first place one must please her, then undress her, and then somehow get her clothes back on her. Finally, so she will allow you to leave her, you've got to annoy her.”

Amphitryon 38 (1929)

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French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright 1882–1944

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