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Fame Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.
- The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man…
- To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect…
- It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at…
- Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But…
- The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly…
- No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting…
- Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time…
- Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame
- Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
- An author places himself uncalled before the tribunal of criticism and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace.
- There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work…
- Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines…
- To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift…
- He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear,…
- When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity,…
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
- I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I… — Aidan Quinn
- I Am Not Famous In This World But I Am Famous In Someones Heart That's All That Matters To Me.! — Ritu Ghatourey
- Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius
- 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
- I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous. — Jennifer Aniston