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The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind,
that in the same direction lasts read more
The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind,
that in the same direction lasts not long.
[It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato
Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,
E muta nome, perche muta lato.]
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.
Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.
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.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
