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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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. – Francis Bacon

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. – Francis Bacon

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Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper. – Francis Bacon

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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. – Francis Bacon

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I awoke one morning and found myself famous. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Fame is the thirst of youth. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. – Joseph Addison

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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. – Montaigne

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