Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of
obtaining it, and the danger of losing it read more

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of
obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be
sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

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.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

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.

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

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.]

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.