“To some characters, fame is like an intoxicating cup placed to the lips,--they do well to turn away from it who fear it will turn their heads. But to others fame is "love disguised," the love that answers to love in its widest, most exalted sense.” WellsCharacterTurnsAnswersFameLipsCupsExalted Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected
“Reputation being essentially contemporaneous, is always at the mercy of the Envious and the Ignorant. But Fame, whose very birth is posthumous, and which is only known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds, can neither be increased nor diminished by any degree of wilfulness.” MindKnownBirthFameDegreesMercyIgnorantReputationEchoesFootstepsEnviousPosthumous Author:Anna Brownell Jameson
“Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds.” MindKnownFameEchoesFootsteps Author:Anna Brownell Jameson
