Francis Bacon Quotes on Value
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Time, which is the author of authors.
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Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things - old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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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.
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Riches are for spending.
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Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.