“ When a man becomes crooked from age it is no good telling him to be straight. ”
Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux (1874). copy citation
Author | Anthony Trollope |
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Source | Phineas Redux |
Topic | age good |
Date | 1874 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18640/18640-h/18640-h.htm |
Context
“"Do not suppose that I am angry with him. I owe him a great deal too much for that. He is one of the few friends I have who are entitled to say to me just what they please. But I think he mistakes the matter. When a man becomes crooked from age it is no good telling him to be straight. He'd be straight if he could. A man can't eat his dinner with a diseased liver as he could when he was well."
"But he may follow advice as to getting his liver in order again."
"And so am I following advice.”
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