Fame is the thin shadow of eternity. Martin Luther.
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. Socrates.
Fame comes only when deserved. H. W. Longfellow.
Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Milton.
The temple of fame stands upon the grave. Hazlitt.
With fame—in just proportion, envy grows. Young.
He lives in fame that died in virtue’s cause.
Titus Andronicus.
What is fame? A fancied life in other’s breath.
Pope—Essay on Man.