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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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving...

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving...

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

There is more self-love than love in jealousy

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

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.

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

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

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

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is...

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

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.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

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...

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.