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I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
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.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
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.
