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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
Who fears not to do ill fears the name,
And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.
Who fears not to do ill fears the name,
And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.
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.
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to read more
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognised.
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do read more
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
A niche in the temple of Fame.
A niche in the temple of Fame.
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.