Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.

La Rochefoucauld
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More Quotes By La Rochefoucauld
  1. We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

  2. Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.

  3. We always love those who admire us and we do not always love those whom we admire.

  4. Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.

  5. We give advice but we do not inspire conduct.

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