Francis Bacon quote about strength from The Essays of Francis Bacon - Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.
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“ Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid. ”
 Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon (1597). copy citation

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Author Francis Bacon
Source The Essays of Francis Bacon
Topic strength fame river solidity
Date 1597
Language English
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Francis Bacon quote about strength from The Essays of Francis Bacon - Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Francis Bacon quote about strength from The Essays of Francis Bacon - Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.