“Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves.”

— Raphael

Quote from: 1001 quotations to inspire you before you die; Quintessence Editions Ltd., 2016, ISBN 978-1-84403-895-4

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Italian painter and architect 1483–1520

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