Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
Francis Bacon
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Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything. -
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More quotes by Francis Bacon
- Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
- I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
- Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
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- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.