"Men the most infamous are fond of fame,……" — Charles Churchill
"Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame."
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Charles Churchill
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51 Quotes by Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill has 51 quotes on this site.
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Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
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Those who would make us feel must feel themselves.
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Genius is independent of situation.
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No tribute is laid on castles in the air.
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Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife.
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Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies,…
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He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
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Genius is of no country.
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The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the…
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Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
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When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded…
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Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
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More Fame Quotes
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
— Pietro Aretino
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
— Lucius Accius
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see…
— Dan Aykroyd
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
— Francis Bacon
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you…
— Francis Bacon
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Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some…
— Kevin Bacon
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I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame…
— Lloyd Banks
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I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
— Tyra Banks
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There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone…
— George Matthew Adams
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Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may…
— George Matthew Adams
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I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.
— Brigitte Bardot
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