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Your fame shall (spite of proverbs) make it plain
To write in water's not to write in vain.
Your fame shall (spite of proverbs) make it plain
To write in water's not to write in vain.
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand read more
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
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.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
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.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions read more
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
