"Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses."
-Francis Bacon
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"Young people are fitter to invent than to judge fitter for execution than for counsel and more fit for new projects than for settled business.“
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"There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health."
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"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."
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"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."
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"Wise men make more opportunities than they find."
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"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."
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"A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments."
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"To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise."
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"It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business."
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