"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism."

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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Fame, Flowers, Future, Grave

"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

Fame, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational, Wisdom

"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Richness, Truth, Values

"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Truth, Legacy, Life

"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Power

"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Opinion, Superficiality, Appearance, Expression

"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."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Fame, Inheritance, Living, Names

"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Fame, Truth, Reality, Happiness, Wisdom

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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

"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."

"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."

"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."

"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."

"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."

"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."

"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."

"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."

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"To know nothing is the happiest life."

"The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war."

"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide."

"Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin."

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"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie."