My truths do not last long in me, not as long as those that are not mine.

Il y a bien peu de gens pour qui la vérité ne soit pas une sorte d'injure.

Experience had taught me that even the most precious memories fade with the passage of time.

The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The more desire I have for something to work out a certain way, the less likely I am to see the truth.

Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men, And falsehood, while I lived, was far from mine.

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.

The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.

you know far less about yourself than you feel you do.

Convénceme, pero sin convicciones. Las convicciones ya no me convencen más.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.