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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.
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.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you read more
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a read more
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
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.
Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost
lost that built it.
Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost
lost that built it.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
