"What I hate is the loss of anonymity."
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"Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored."
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"And yet, after all, what is posthumous fame? Altogether vanity."
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"Tis a petty kind of fame At best, that comes of making violins; And saves no masses, either. Thou wilt go To purgatory none the less."
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"Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary."
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"I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated."
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"Fame may go by and - so long, I've had you."
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"Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs."
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"If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy."
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"Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame."
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"The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame."
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"The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe."
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"But sure the eye of time beholds no name, So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame."
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"Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return."
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"Short is my date, but deathless my renown."
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"Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service."
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"That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke."
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"To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier."
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"For virtue only finds eternal Fame."
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"I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself."
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