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Fame Quotes by Alexander Pope
- Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.
- Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free…
- Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
- Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call
- Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown; Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none!
- Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms…
- Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
- Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?
- What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.
More Fame Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new… — Dan Aykroyd
- One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you… — Charles Barkley
- You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself. — Mel Brooks
- Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to… — Joshua Chamberlain
- To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour,… — Samuel Johnson
- If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece… — Simonides of Ceos