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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises,
'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,
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O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises,
'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,
Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover
She thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
