Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
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Apophthegms (1624)
“Really, you have seen the old age of an eagle, as the saying is.”
Act III, scene 2, line 9 (520).
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
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