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Quote by Francis Bacon
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily prese

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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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon

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Books
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Youre not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi. – Humphrey Bogart

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Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny. – Proverb

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

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