Fame Quotes by William Shakespeare

Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.

— William Shakespeare

By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wondered at.

— William Shakespeare

Honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man.

— William Shakespeare

The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

— William Shakespeare

Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.

— William Shakespeare

I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I…

— William Shakespeare

In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

— William Shakespeare

Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.

— William Shakespeare

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

— William Shakespeare

Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.

— William Shakespeare

Too much to know is to know naught but fame.

— William Shakespeare

Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?

— William Shakespeare

I say, without characters, fame lives long.

— William Shakespeare

I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

— William Shakespeare

“Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme, But you shall shine more bright in these contents…

— William Shakespeare

Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace…

— William Shakespeare

O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise…

— William Shakespeare