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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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.
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind,
that in the same direction lasts read more
The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind,
that in the same direction lasts not long.
[It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato
Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,
E muta nome, perche muta lato.]
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
