“renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.” LittlesSometimesHandsFameDegreesDistinctionNotorietyRenownUnfriendlyInconsiderate Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Vanity is so closely allied to virtue, and to love the fame of laudable actions approaches so near the love of laudable actions for their own sake, that these passions are more capable of mixture than any other kinds of affection; and it is almost impossible to have the latter without some degree of the former.” KindActionPassionVirtueImpossibleFameDegreesApproachCapableSakeAffectionFormerVanityLatterMixtures Book:Essays Moral, Political, Literary: Revision of Great Book Source: Essays Moral, Political, Literary: Revision of Great Book
“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
“I have two college degrees, four honorary doctorate degrees, and am in three Halls of fame, and the only thing I know how to do is teach tall people how to put a ball in the hole.” PeopleKnowsTwoThreeTeachKnow HowFourCollegeFameDegreesBallsHolesHallsTallHall Of FameCollege DegreeHonoraryDoctorates Author:Red Auerbach
“We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds; did their fame raise them one single degree in the sight of Allah. Did it win them a reward that they had not already won by their actions during their life?” ThinkingShouldWisdomActionWinningFameDegreesSightRaisesRewardsDeedsIslamicGood DeedsAlready Won Author:Ibn Hazm