Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Fame at its best is but a poor compensation for all the ills of existence. Mrs. Oliphant.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then it is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow.

Fame is a fancied life in others' breath. Pope.

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave. Colton.

Fame is a revenue payable only to our ghosts. 15 Mackenzie.

Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck only at one end of a room, it will soon fall to the floor. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends. Johnson.

Fame is but the breath of the people, and that often unwholesome. Pr.

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Milton.

Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies. Dante.

Fame is the advantage of being known by 20 people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little. Stanislaus.