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Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.
Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.
The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame,
Die fast away: only themselves die faster.
The far-fam'd sculptor, read more
The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame,
Die fast away: only themselves die faster.
The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard,
Those bold insurancers of deathless fame,
Supply their little feeble aids in vain.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal
Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises,
'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,
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O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises,
'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,
Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover
She thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
