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    What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

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Famous people state fame as a cruse and those who have it not look upon it as a dream, hance read more

Famous people state fame as a cruse and those who have it not look upon it as a dream, hance dreams are cruses.

by Kazi Shams Found in: Fame Quotes,
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

by Tacitus Found in: Fame Quotes,
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The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.

by Gloria Vanderbilt Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of
obtaining it, and the danger of losing it read more

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of
obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be
sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

by Vicki Baum Found in: Fame Quotes, History Quotes,
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Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.

Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty read more

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

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