Fame Quote by Publius Attius Varus

“Agnus dei Qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis”

— John the Baptist

“It was a hard life, a life of poverty, of incessant struggle, of toil ill paid, of disappointment, but Cervantes carried within himself the…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Nam in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum est genus infortunii, fuisse felicem. For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man…

— Robert Galbraith

Ere man's corruptions made him wretched, he Was born most noble that was born most free; Each of himself was lord; and unconfin'd Obey'd…

— Thomas Otway

“Suffering engenders passion; and while the prosperous blind themselves, or go to sleep, the hatred of the unfortunate classes kindles its torch at some…

— Victor Hugo

“Her manifold ills were summed up in the King. Since the Valois, she had had no monarch so worthless. He did not want understanding,…

— Francis Parkman

“Certainly they appeared utterly depraved, corrupt, vile and odious; but it is rare for those who have sunk so low not to be degraded…

— Victor Hugo

I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]

— Plautus

“A.E.Housman' No one, not even Cambridge was to blame (Blame if you like the human situation): Heart-injured in North London, he became The Latin…

— W.H. Auden

“[T]he principal suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace.”

— Gregory Boyle

“(About Cesare Borgia) What cruelties were not the result of his? Who could count all his crimes? Such was the man that Machiavel prefers…

— Frederick the Great

The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is…

— Seneca the Younger