"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."

Fame, Inheritance, Living, Names

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"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."

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"People keep telling me that I'm a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here's my understanding on that, what's a legend? I don't really know what a legend is, I don't even know the word. I'm not a King Arthur reincarnate either. I might be one of the Round Table, but I'm not King Arthur."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Fame, Legend, Meaning, Identity

"The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"The present condition of fame is merely fashion."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Fame, Fire, May, Will

"Heroes don't have friends, they have fans."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Fame, Heroes, Fans, Friend

"Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Fame, Media, Pressure, Public

"When you're being celebrated and flying high, don't allow fanatics (fans) to elevate you so far out that you forget whose sky it is."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

Fame, Celebration, Fans, Humility, Success

"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Fame, Transience, Ephemeral, Memory

"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Fame, Understanding, Will

"The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Fame, Man, Will

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"That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident."

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