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Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.
Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.
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.
Your fame shall (spite of proverbs) make it plain
To write in water's not to write in vain.
Your fame shall (spite of proverbs) make it plain
To write in water's not to write in vain.
To myself alone do I owe my fame.
[Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]
To myself alone do I owe my fame.
[Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]
All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies;
because the sunny glow which brings it read more
All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies;
because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with
parching power.
[It., La vostra nominanza e color d'erba,
Che viene e va; e quei la discolora
Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.]
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.
Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.
