Author: Francis Bacon

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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

- Francis Bacon

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

- Francis Bacon

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

- Francis Bacon

Friends are thieves of time.

Friends are thieves of time.

- Francis Bacon

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

- Francis Bacon

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

- Francis Bacon

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

- Francis Bacon

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

- 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.

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

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