Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

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

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

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that...

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

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...

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose...

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose...

Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.

Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.