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RESOLUTIONS FOR AGE.
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To desire some good friends to inform me which of these resolutions I break or neglect, and wherein; and reform accordingly.
Not to talk much, nor of myself.
Not to boast of my former beauty, or strength, or favour with ladies, &c.
Not to hearken to flatteries, nor conceive I can be beloved by a young woman; et eos qui hæreditatem captant, odisse ac vitare.
Not to be positive or opinionative.
Not to set up for observing all these rules, for fear I should observe none.
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