Fame

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 (1713–1768)

    “I see my reputation is at stake,
    My fame is shrewdly gored.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I can forgive even that wrong of wrongs,
    Those undreamt accidents that have made me
    Seeing that Fame has perished this long while,
    Being but a part of ancient ceremony
    Notorious, till all my priceless things
    Are but a post the passing dogs defile.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)