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.

What shall I do to be forever known,
And make the age to come my own?

What shall I do to be forever known,
And make the age to come my own?

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.

Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.

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.

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.

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.

And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.