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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… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous. — Kevin Bacon
I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore. — Annie Baker
People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately. — Russell Baker
It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin. — Abu Bakr
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you… — Stanley Baldwin
All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish… — Christian Bale
There was a great complexity to my father. He was a devoted family man. But, in the same breath, he simply was not suited to… — Christian Bale
These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking… — Ansel Adams
Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most part… — Honore de Balzac
In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's… — Charles Kendall Adams
I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America… — Antonio Banderas
Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. — Antonio Banderas
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned… — Ernie Banks
I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven. — Iain Banks
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. — Franklin P. Adams

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