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Fame

«Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live»
Author: Bayard Taylor | About: Character, Fame, Living | Keywords: waken, wakened
«Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.»
«He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.»
«For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.»
Author: Jesse Owens (Athlete) | About: Fame | Keywords: famous person
«Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | About: Fame | Keywords: conspicuously
«Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | About: Fame | Keywords: laborious, noble-minded, spur
«Fame is the thirst of youth.»
Author: Lord Byron | About: Fame | Keywords: thirst
«He who sows virtue reaps fame»
Author: Proverb | About: Fame | Keywords: reaps
«Hitch your wagon to a star.»
«He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.»

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