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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 read. - Francis Bacon Attribution: Francis Bacon (1561–1626), British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Apophthegms, no. 97 (1625). Quoting Alonso of Aragon.

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