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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

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Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.

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Fame is the thirst of youth.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

by Lord Byron Found in: Fame Quotes,
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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

by Horace Greeley Found in: Fame Quotes,
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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.

by Martial Found in: Fame Quotes,
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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.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Fame Quotes,
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I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Fame Quotes,
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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.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Fame Quotes,
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