Famous quotes containing the word fame:
“O my countrymen!be nice;Mbe cautious of your language;and never, O! never let it be forgotten upon what small particles your eloquence and your fame depend.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“The genuine remains of Ossian, or those ancient poems which bear his name, though of less fame and extent, are, in many respects, of the same stamp with the Iliad itself. He asserts the dignity of the bard no less than Homer, and in his era, we hear of no other priest than he.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Fair nymph, if fame or honour were
To be attained with ease,
Then would I come and rest me there,”
—Samuel Daniel (15621619)
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