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Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are
fools.
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are
fools.
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill
A certain portion of uncertain paper:
Some read more
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.
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do read more
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness read more
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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.
