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 not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. – Francis Bacon

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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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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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Life is a warfare and a strangers sojourn, and after fame is oblivion. – Marcus Aurelius

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Popular applause veers with the wind. – John Bright

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