We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.
[L’on espère de vieillir, et l’on craint la vieillesse; c’est-à-dire l’on aime la vie, et l’on fuit la mort.]
Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696) French essayist, moralist
The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 11 “Of Mankind [De l’Homme],” § 41 (11.41) (1688) [ed. Hoyt (1896)]
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La Bruyere, Jean de - The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 11 "Of Mankind [De l'Homme]," § 41 (11.41) (1688) [ed. Hoyt (1896)] | WIST Quotations
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. [L'on espère de vieillir, et l'on craint la vieillesse; c'est-à-dire l'on aime la vie, et l'on fuit la mort.] (Source (French)).WIST Quotations