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The heart never grows better by age, I fear rather worse; always harder. A young liar will be an old one; and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
The heart never grows better by age, I fear rather worse; always harder. A young liar will be an old one; and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
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- Earl Of Chesterfield
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- Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Heart · anthology attribution: Chesterfield
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