“But You know Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man.” KnowsMenLooksImaginationFameDearLandscapeWarmthMistress Author:John Constable
“Golden volumes! richest treasures, Objects of delicious pleasures! You my eyes rejoicing please, You my hand in rapture seize! Brilliant wits and musing sages, Lights who beam'd through many ages! Left to your conscious leaves their story, And dared to trust you with their glory; And now their hope of fame achiev'd, Dear volumes! you have not deceived!” BookStoriesHandsLightEyeAgeLeftPleasureObjectsPleaseFameGloryConsciousDearBrilliantWitTreasureGoldenRejoiceVolumeSageDeliciousDeceivedBeamRaptureMusings Author:Isaac D'Israeli
“Sound, sound the trump of Fame! Let Washington's great name Ring through the world with loud applause; Let every clime to Freedom dear Listen with a joyful ear. With equal skill, with god-like power, He governs in the fearful hour Of horrid war, or guides with ease, The happier times of honest peace.” WorldWarNamesSoundHoursHonestTrumpFameSkillsEqualEarsDearGuidesRingsEaseLoudFearfulJoyfulApplauseHappier Times Author:Joseph Hopkinson
“O Fame! if I ever took delight in thy praises, Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.” IfsEyeFamePraiseSakeDearDelightPhrasesUnworthyBright EyesDear Ones Book:Selected Poems of Lord Byron Source: Selected Poems of Lord Byron
“There's no comparison between the most precious parts of one's personal life and success and wealth. If you lost someone near and dear to you, you can't relate it to any amount of fame, fortune and luxury. You just have to go on living.” IfsLostWealthGoes OnAmountFameFortuneDearLuxuryRelateComparisonPersonal LifeLost Someone Author:Robert Plant
“Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune” PayFameFortuneExtraordinaryDearCurseExtraordinary Beauty Book:French Silk Source: French Silk
“What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?” NeedsShouldAgeNamesStarsMemoriesSonFameStonesWeakDearBonesWitnessLabourHonourPointingPyramidsHeirsRelics Author:John Milton
“Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.” MenAgeLearningVirtueStudyFameBraveryBraveDearWorthyAdmirationPatriotBe BraveBrave Man Book:Some Thoughts Concerning Education Source: Some Thoughts Concerning Education