Francis Bacon Quote

Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.


Of Praise. - Essays (1625)


Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.