“Would I were in an alehouse in London! I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.”
William Shakespeare
FameFunny
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.
“What is honour? A word. What is in that word honour? Air. Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday.”
William Shakespeare
HonourWit
“Mine honour is my life; both grow in one: take honour from me, and my life is done.”
William Shakespeare
HonourIntegrity
“The painful warrior famoused for fight, after a thousand victories once foil'd, is from the book of honour razed quite.”
William Shakespeare
Fickle FameFailure
“Not marble, nor the gilded monuments of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme.”
William Shakespeare
LegacyArt
“Your monument shall be my gentle verse.”
William Shakespeare
LegacyLove
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus.”
William Shakespeare
GreatnessPower
“Absent thee from felicity awhile, and in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, to tell my story.”
William Shakespeare
LegacyReputation
“Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember with advantages what feats he did that day.”
William Shakespeare
MemoryPride
“Perseverance, dear my lord, keeps honour bright.”
William Shakespeare
PerseveranceHonour
“Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.”
John Milton
FameEternity
“The winning of honour is but the revealing of a man's virtue and worth without disadvantage.”
Francis Bacon
HonourVirtue
“It is not for show that our soul is to play her part; it is at home, within us.”
Michel de Montaigne
AuthenticityInner Life
“Usually we praise only to be praised.”
François de La Rochefoucauld
PraiseHuman Nature
“The desire of appearing clever often prevents our being so.”
François de La Rochefoucauld
VanityWisdom
“Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers.”
Blaise Pascal
VanityHuman Nature
“Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.”
Samuel Johnson
PraiseValue
“Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.”
Jonathan Swift
CriticismCelebrity
“Fondly we think we honour merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.”
Alexander Pope
PraiseSelf-Deception
“Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown; oh grant an honest fame, or grant me none!”
Alexander Pope
IntegrityFame
“What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill a certain portion of uncertain paper.”
Lord Byron
FameFutility
“Some - Work for Immortality - the Chiefer part, for Time.”
Emily Dickinson
LegacyPriorities
“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
GreatnessSpirit
“Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, but they all worship money.”
Mark Twain
Human NatureFunny
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
Oscar Wilde
GeniusPublic Opinion