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
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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
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
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
The present condition of fame is merely fashion. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.FameQuotations by Gilbert K. Chesterton
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
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
Acquaintance lessens fame. Claudius
Acquaintance lessens fame.FameQuotations by Claudius
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
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
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
Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. Emily Dickinson
Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.FameQuotations by Emily Dickinson
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 proof that the people are gullible. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fame is proof that the people are gullible.FameQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
How vain, without the merit, is the name. Homer
How vain, without the merit, is the name.FameQuotations by Homer
I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. Aldous Huxley
I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.FameQuotations by Aldous Huxley
Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous. Don Johnson
Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.FameQuotations by Don Johnson
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others. (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.FameQuotations by (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.FameQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Some people obtain fame, others deserve it. Doris Lessing
Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.FameQuotations by Doris Lessing
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.FameQuotations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God. Madonna
I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.FameQuotations by Madonna
I had it all and blew it. Mickey Mantle
I had it all and blew it.FameQuotations by Mickey Mantle
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. Marcus Valerius Martial
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.FameQuotations by Marcus Valerius Martial
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it. Marcus Valerius Martial
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.FameQuotations by Marcus Valerius Martial
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know. H. L. Mencken
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know.FameQuotations by H. L. Mencken
Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. John Milton
Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.FameQuotations by John Milton
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. John Milton
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.FameQuotations by John Milton
A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing. Marilyn Monroe
A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.FameQuotations by Marilyn Monroe
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.FameQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot. Vladimir Nabokov
It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.FameQuotations by Vladimir Nabokov
The love of glory gives an immense stimulus. Ovid
The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.FameQuotations by Ovid