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Wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and old mens nurses. – Francis Bacon

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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother. – Francis Bacon

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Doubt
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Francis Bacon
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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. – Francis Bacon

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History
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The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being. – Florida Scott-Maxwell

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You never choose the way that youre raised, its just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where youre in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that youve been formed by your surroundings. – Mia Wasikowska

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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. – Aristotle

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I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. – Alexander McQueen

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The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When youre playing a romantic version of a real person, youre playing a version of the truth. – Andrea Riseborough

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Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music – look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience. – Bruce Springsteen

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