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Homer Quotes about Fame

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The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame.

The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame.

Homer
Fame, Vulgar
Homer (1791). “The Iliad: Of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. ...”, p.335

But sure the eye of time beholds no name, So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame.

Homer
Eye, Names, Fame
Homer (1805). “The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek by Alexander Pope, etc”, p.218

The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe.

Homer
Giving, Pay, Fame
Homer (1796). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.352

Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.

Homer
Return, Rich, Fame
Homer (1822). “The Odyssey of Homer”, p.209

Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

Homer
Fame, Renown, Deathless
Homer (1769). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.329

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