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

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

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

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