Fame Quotes - Page 11
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
'Essays' (1625) 'Of Praise'
Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1804). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.24
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.61, Cosimo, Inc.
William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.104