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After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
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.
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.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty read more
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.
