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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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. – Francis Bacon

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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. – Francis Bacon

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Nature is commanded by obeying her. – Francis Bacon

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A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. – Fred A. Allen

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He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. – William Blake

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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame –to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell! – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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

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