How vain, without the merit, is the name. Homer
How vain, without the merit, is the name.FameQuotations by Homer
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Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.FameQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. Lillian Hellman
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.FameQuotations by Lillian Hellman
There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes! William Hazlitt
There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!FameQuotations by William Hazlitt
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.FameQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.FameQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. Benjamin Franklin
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.FameQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
I was the only one there I never heard of. Barry J. Farber
I was the only one there I never heard of.FameQuotations by Barry J. Farber
What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism. Desiderius Erasmus
What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.FameQuotations by Desiderius Erasmus
Fame is proof that the people are gullible. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fame is proof that the people are gullible.FameQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone. Jules Ellinger
There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.FameQuotations by Jules Ellinger
Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. Emily Dickinson
Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.FameQuotations by Emily Dickinson
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it. Miles Davis
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.FameQuotations by Miles Davis
We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to. Bette Davis
We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.FameQuotations by Bette Davis
I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known. Confucius
I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.FameQuotations by Confucius
Acquaintance lessens fame. Claudius
Acquaintance lessens fame.FameQuotations by Claudius
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten. E. M. Cioran
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.FameQuotations by E. M. Cioran
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. Marcus T. Cicero
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.FameQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
The present condition of fame is merely fashion. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.FameQuotations by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don’t know, and who don’t know us. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don’t know, and who don’t know us.FameQuotations by Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven. Nicolas Caussin
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.FameQuotations by Nicolas Caussin
After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. Cato The Elder
After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.FameQuotations by Cato The Elder
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. Cato The Elder
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.FameQuotations by Cato The Elder
Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town. Truman Capote
Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town.FameQuotations by Truman Capote
To many fame comes too late. Luis De Camoens
To many fame comes too late.FameQuotations by Luis De Camoens
Fame is the thirst of youth. Lord Byron
Fame is the thirst of youth.FameQuotations by Lord Byron
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. Lord Byron
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.FameQuotations by Lord Byron
I awoke one morning and found myself famous. Lord Byron
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.FameQuotations by Lord Byron
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. Edmund Burke
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.FameQuotations by Edmund Burke
Popular applause veers with the wind. John Bright
Popular applause veers with the wind.FameQuotations by John Bright
A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services. Daniel J. Boorstin
A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services.FameQuotations by Daniel J. Boorstin
People should realize we’re jerks just like them. Edward De Bono
People should realize we’re jerks just like them.FameQuotations by Edward De Bono
I must say, I don’t feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role. Edward De Bono
I must say, I don’t feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.FameQuotations by Edward De …
The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar’s laurel crown. William Blake
The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar’s laurel crown.FameQuotations by William Blake
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. Vicki Baum
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.FameQuotations by Vicki Baum
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. Francis Bacon
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.FameQuotations by Francis Bacon
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. W. H. Auden
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.FameQuotations by W. H. Auden
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. Alexander The Great
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.FameQuotations by Alexander The Great
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them. English Proverb
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.FallibilityQuotations by English Proverb
It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms. Friedrich Nietzsche
It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.FallibilityQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche