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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.
Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal
Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
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.
Read but o'er the Stories
Of men most fam'd for courage or for counsaile
And you shall read more
Read but o'er the Stories
Of men most fam'd for courage or for counsaile
And you shall find that the desire of glory
Was the last frailty wise men put of;
Be they presidents.
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.
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.
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.]
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
