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Worldly fame
is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now
that, and changes name as it changes direction.
-- Dante
Alighieri) (1265-1321,
Italian Philosopher, Poet
We movie stars
all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
-- Bette Davis
1908-1989, American Actress,
Producer
A legend is an
old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still
doing it.
-- Miles Davis
1926-1991, American Jazz
Musician
Fame is a
fickle food upon a shifting plate.
-- Emily Dickinson
1830-1886, American Poet
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Fame and power
are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is
gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social
pleasure, health, conscience, life.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
1804-1881, British Statesman,
Prime Minister
There has
never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let
well enough alone.
-- Jules Ellinger
Fame is proof
that the people are gullible.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
What is
popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a
legacy from paganism.
-- Desiderius Erasmus
c.1466-1536, Dutch Humanist
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