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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:1943
AUTHOR:Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
QUOTATION:Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Of Marriage and Single Life.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Robert Burton (quoted): Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii. sect. 2, memb. 5, subsect. 5. [back]
 

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