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“At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.”
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- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- ef8bcf869012c76a754b9f6ee9e2016854efe8193b912ca6fed8ec88072e57f6
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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William Cowper
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Thomas Dekker
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.”
Plutarch
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“A little folly is desirable in him that will not be guilty of stupidity.”
Michael de Montaigne
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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