You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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 folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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.
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.
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.
Your fame shall (spite of proverbs) make it plain
To write in water's not to write in vain.
Your fame shall (spite of proverbs) make it plain
To write in water's not to write in vain.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
