Brass Quote by Philip Freneau

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Fame is an empty noise. Let us put our ears to the centuries that have gone: we no longer hear anything; those who, at…

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

Graves they say are warm'd by glory; Foolish words and empty story.

— Heinrich Heine

“Listen then these are the charms And will I see your pleasure stretched An even dozen they crowd the tomb You can read the…

— Steven Erikson

Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only…

— Abraham Lincoln

There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be, which have no…

— Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus

Fame is an illusive thing - here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and…

— Henry Miller

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

— Socrates

“world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the…

— Jeff Shaara

Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!

— Steven Pressfield

“On another occasion, he opined, "But, if ever forgetful of her past and present glory, she shall cease to be 'the land of the…

— Charles River Editors

Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those…

— Joshua Chamberlain