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.

    William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1773). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost”, p.345
  • I say, without characters, fame lives long.

    William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1808). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.82
  • The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

    'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 20
  • Honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man.

    'Henry V' (1599) act 2, chorus, l. 1
  • 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.

    'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. 1
  • Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?

    'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. 37
  • Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.

    William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.116, Oxford University Press, USA
  • By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wondered at.

    William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan (2002). “King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series”, p.260, Cengage Learning EMEA
  • Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

    1603-4 Iago to Cassio. Othello, act 2, sc.3, l.262-4.
  • He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

    William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.104
  • I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

    'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [13]
  • Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.

    William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.745, Wordsworth Editions
  • Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.

    William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1872). “Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages, Illustrative of the Various Passions, Affections and Emotions of the Human Mind”, p.126
  • Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.

  • 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.

    William Shakespeare, Howard Staunton (1860). “The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems”, p.772
  • I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I have.

    William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, John Payne Collier, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3”, p.189
  • Too much to know is to know naught but fame.

    William Shakespeare (2009). “Love's Labour's Lost”, p.66, Cambridge University Press
  • In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

    William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.212, Oxford University Press, USA
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