Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

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...

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we...

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we...

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

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 more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

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

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

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...