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• Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to set a bad example.
  -- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxim...
• Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.
  -- Francois de la Rouchefoucald...
• Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.
  -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" 1665...
• A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.
  -- Conor Cruise O'Brie...
• Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
  -- La Rouchefoucauld...