Francis Bacon's Quote - Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, an

Quote by Francis Bacon

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, an

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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Friends are thieves of time. – Francis Bacon

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For my name and memory I leave to mens charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. – Francis Bacon

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How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. – Alexander The Great

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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. – Vicki Baum

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The strongest poison ever known came from Caesars laurel crown. – William Blake

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In the march up the heights of fame there comes a spot close to the summit in which man reads nothing but detective stories. – Heywood Hale Broun

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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. – Michael Faraday

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Assurance is two-thirds of success. – Scottish Proverb

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