6 Francis Bacon Quotes on Reputation

Francis Bacon quotes on reputation

9. Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret.

68. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.

90. A good name is like a precious ointment; it filleth all around about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.

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

139. Glorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools, the idols of parasites, and the slaves of their own vaunts.

140. The winning of honor, is but the revealing of a man's virtue and worth, without disadvantage.