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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

by Henry Louis Mencken 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 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.

by Robert Blair Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a read more

Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a wing.

by Emily Dickinson Found in: Fame Quotes,
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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.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Fame Quotes,
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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.

by Lord Byron Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Who fears not to do ill fears the name,
And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

Who fears not to do ill fears the name,
And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Fame Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Fame Quotes,
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