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A niche in the temple of Fame.

Your fame shall make it plain To write in water's not to write in vain.

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.

Read but o'er the Stories Of men most fam'd for courage or for counsaile And you shall find that the desire of glory Was the last frailty wise men put of; Be they presidents.

Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven; No pyramids set off his memories, But the eternal substance of his greatness,-- To which I leave him.

The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain.

Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it.

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour: For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her.

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property of a man.

Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.