“Glorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools, the idols of parasites, and the slaves of their own vaunts.”
Francis Bacon
VanityCelebrity
Famous Quotes
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Famous Quotes
Read 200 of the best famous quotes about fame, reputation, glory and being remembered, from Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Milton, Franklin and more.
“The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.”
François de La Rochefoucauld
IntegrityGlory
“Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.”
Samuel Johnson
RecognitionHometown
“What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath.”
Alexander Pope
FameIllusion
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”
Benjamin Franklin
LegacyAction
“Fame is the thirst of youth.”
Lord Byron
YouthAmbition
“I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death.”
John Keats
ConfidenceLegacy
“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
CelebrityFunny
“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”
Thomas Carlyle
HistoryGreatness
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
GloryAmbition
“Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
FameFocus
“There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 1:11)
ForgottenPerspective
“For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 2:16)
Fleeting FameHumility
“They call their lands after their own names.”
The Bible (Psalm 49:11)
VanityLegacy
“Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name.”
The Bible (Genesis 11:4)
AmbitionPride
“And I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.”
The Bible (Genesis 12:2)
BlessingPurpose
“And his fame went throughout all Syria.”
The Bible (Matthew 4:24)
FameSpreading News
“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!”
The Bible (Luke 6:26)
PopularityWarning
“How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?”
The Bible (John 5:44)
ApprovalFaith
“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.”
The Bible (Proverbs 25:27)
Self-GloryHumility
“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches.”
The Bible (Jeremiah 9:23)
HumilityPride
“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them.”
The Bible (Matthew 6:1)
HumilityMotives
“A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.”
The Bible (Mark 6:4)
HometownRecognition
“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory.”
The Bible (Psalm 115:1)
HumilityFaith
“The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.”
The Bible (Proverbs 10:7)
LegacyReputation