"Fame is like a river, that beareth up……" — Francis Bacon
"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."
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261 Quotes by Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon has 261 quotes on this site.
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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him…
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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Knowledge is power.
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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It is impossible to love and to be wise.
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.
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Prejudice is the conjuror of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, over-powering reason, making strong people weak, and weak people weaker. God…
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He is everywhere, the pure and formless One, the Almighty and the All-merciful. "Thou art our father, Thou art our…
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Write on your doors the saying wise and old. "Be bold!" and everywhere - "Be bold; Be not too bold!"…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.
— John Bunyan
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And if you love the light, then you come to the light to be proved, and tried whether your works…
— Margaret Fell
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He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
— Quintus Ennius
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Therefore beauty is the true monument and spoil of the victory of the soul, when she with heavenly influence beareth…
— Thomas Hoby
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Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.
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As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth…
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