What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill
A certain portion of uncertain paper:
Some liken it to climbing up a hill,
Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour:
For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,
And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper,"
To have, when the original is dust,
A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
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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.
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.
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.
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 is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
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.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
