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Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame,
Die fast away: only themselves die faster.
The far-fam'd sculptor, read more
The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame,
Die fast away: only themselves die faster.
The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard,
Those bold insurancers of deathless fame,
Supply their little feeble aids in vain.
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a read more
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you read more
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.
The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.
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.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.
If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.