The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harde…

Lord Chesterfield
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. ✨ Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son, p.179
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