“In an old man all his other vices grow old, but avarice alone grows younger.”

De' Magistrati, p. 127.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 430.

Original

Tutti gli altri vitii nel vecchio s'invecchiano, ma la sola avaritia ingiovanisce.

Source: Citato in Harbottle, p. 430
Source: Dialoghi Piacevoli, De' Magistrati, p. 127

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