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Quotation by Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon (61)Additional Sources
Advancement of Learning (1605)An Essay on DeathApophthegms (1625)Apothegms (1624)Essays (1597-1625)Related Subjects
youth (24) death (15) love (11) wisdom (11) aging (9) memory (7) experience (6) folly (6) time (5) women (5)
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.
Francis Bacon (1561–1626), British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Apophthegms, no. 97 (1625).
Quoting Alonso of Aragon.
Quoting Alonso of Aragon.
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