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Men's fame is
like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with
just as little use to them.
-- George Villiers
1628-1687, British Wit,
Poet,, Statesman, Duke of Buckingham
Each man has
his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life
of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the
work of mankind.
-- Virgil
c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman Poet
Fame hides her
head among the clouds.
-- Virgil
c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman Poet
What a heavy
burden is a name that has become famous too soon.
-- Voltaire
1694-1778, French Historian,
Writer
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