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La Rochefoucauld 444: Old fools are more foolish than young fools.
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Old fools are more foolish than young fools. ["Malvolio. Infirmity{,} that decays the wise{,} doth eve{r} make the better fool. Clown. God send you, sir, a speedy infirmity{,} for the better increasing of your folly."--Shakespeare. Twelfth Night{, Act I, Scene V}.]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_444
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