William Shakespeare Quotes About Fame
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Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.
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I say, without characters, fame lives long.
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The fewer men, the greater share of honor.
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Honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man.
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Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace of death; When, spite of cormorant devouring Time, Th' endeavor of this present breath may buy That honor which shall bate his scythe's keen edge And make us heirs of all eternity.
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Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?
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Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.
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By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wondered at.
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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.
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I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.
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Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.
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Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.
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Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.
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O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame.
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I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I have.
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Too much to know is to know naught but fame.
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In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.
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