As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom...

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom...

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....