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Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Alexander Pope
Names, Church, Fame
Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1797). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Life of Alexander Pope. Poems”, p.261

What is fame? a fancied life in others' breath.

Alexander Pope
Fame, Breaths
Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.446

Fame can never make us lie down contentedly on a deathbed.

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Lying, Fame, Deathbed

Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown; Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none!

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Honest, Fame, Let Me
Alexander Pope (1815). “Poetical works”, p.132

Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call.

Alexander Pope
Favors, Dignity, Fame

Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?

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Life, Wealth, Fame
Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1866). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. ...”, p.105

Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .

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Favors, Fame, Ifs
Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.230

Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself.

Alexander Pope
Passion, Contentment, Fame
Alexander Pope (1823). “An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke : to which is Added, The Universal Prayer, with Other Poems”, p.20

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