Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht
German
Etymology
Literally, “age does not protect from folly”.
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Proverb
Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht
- there's no fool like an old fool
- (Can we date this quote?), William Shakespeare, translated by Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin, Antonius und Cleopatra, translation of Anthony and Cleopatra (in English), act I, scene III:
- Cleopatra: Wenn mich das Alter auch nicht schützt vor Torheit, / Doch wohl vor Kindischsein. Kann Fulvia sterben?
- [original: Though age from folly could not give me freedom, / It does from childishness: can Fulvia die?]
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