Quote by Francis Bacon
Wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and ol

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

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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. – Francis Bacon

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What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I dont think my mother had that opportunity to change. – Jeanne Moreau

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I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles. – Edward Grey

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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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At my age, you not only have bittersweet memories, you make bittersweet plans. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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