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Example Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.
- Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.
- Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.
- Nothing is so contagious as example.
- Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
- Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
- Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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