I will never be an old man. To me, old age is alwa... -Francis Bacon

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

Francis Bacon , Philosopher
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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, known as one of the pioneers of the scientific method and his influential works on philosophy.

Francis Bacon Quotes to Explore

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is....
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience....
No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the t...
Wise men make more opportunities than they find....
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other....
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion....
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses....
By indignities men come to dignities....
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men....
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures....

Age Quotes to Explore

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken Engl...
The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?...
I grew up in Welwyn Garden City, and when you're a woman of colour in a predominantly white area, you become aware of prejudice from a young age....
In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked....
Some fighters had blinding speed and reflexes in their heyday but faded badly with age....
I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age....
Nobody under the age of 55 should be able to stand for election, and nobody under the age of 30 should be able to vote in those elections....
Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for ...
Maybe at some level, even at an early age, without ever being aware of it, I was reacting to something. To people judging me based on how I looked ins...
I came to America at such a young age, and I was so naive that I didn't realise what I was getting myself into; maybe that's why it worked out for me....