Fame Quotes

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Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. — Lord Chesterfield
The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. — Lord Byron
A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow. — Winston Churchill
In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he. — Denis Diderot
How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in… — Michel de Montaigne
It's shocking how bright your star is. — Britney Spears
I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life. — Shania Twain
Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid. — Alexander Smith
Fill an author with a titanic fame and you do not make him titanic; you often merely burst him. — Frank Moore Colby
The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account. — W. Somerset Maugham
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte
You can't really appreciate anonymity until you've lost it. People say that's sour grapes, but it really isn't To be able to walk down the… — Paul Newman
It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords… — Gelett Burgess
Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your writer, your scientist, your chief official, all have lost the power to revive the early illusion concerning fame and high place. Their beauty and… — Theodore Dreiser
People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is… — Leonardo DiCaprio
What is meant by charity? Charity is not fundamental. It is really helping on the misery of the world, not eradicating it. One looks for… — Swami Vivekananda
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame. — Euripides
The only thing that endures is character. Fame and wealth-all that is illusion. All that endures is character. — O J Simpson
I have always found that my view of success has been iconoclastic: success to me is not about money or status or fame, its about… — Anita Roddick

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