Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of youth.

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by...

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by...

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

The confidence which we have in ourselves engenders the greatest part of that which we...

The confidence which we have in ourselves engenders the greatest part of that which we...

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set...

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set...

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Like causes without rebels just talk but promise nothing else.

Like causes without rebels just talk but promise nothing else.

Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most...

Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most...

Fear causes us to refuse to embrace change because we care way more about being...

Fear causes us to refuse to embrace change because we care way more about being...

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a...

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...