Lord Byron Quotes about Fame

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Fame is the thirst of youth.

Lord Byron

Literature, Youth, Fame

Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.63, Routledge

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

Lord Byron

Morning, Fame, Found

Quoted in Thomas Moore, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron (1830). Byron wrote this in his Memoranda after the first two cantos of his poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage were published in 1812 and became sensationally popular.

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

Lord Byron

Reputation, Fame, Folly

Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.513, Delphi Classics