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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.
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to read more
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised.
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.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
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.]
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
