Best fame & immortal Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire the breathless clay with life? / What tho' your fame with all its thousand trumpets, / Sound o'er the sepulchres, will that awake / The sleeping dead.”

Spirit Sound Sleep Inspire Thousand Fame Glory Empty Vain Awake Immortal Honour Recalls Clay Trumpets Breathless Empty Words

Book:The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh: As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields

Source: The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh: As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields

“Immortal Spenser, no frailty hath thy fame but the imputation of this idiot's friendship!”

Fame Idiot Immortal Frailty Spenser

Author:Thomas Nashe

“A thousand glorious actions that might claim Triumphant laurels, and immortal fame, Confus'd in crowds of glorious actions lie, And troops of heroes undistinguished die.”

War Might Action Lying Dies Hero Thousand Fame Claims Crowds Glorious Immortal Troops Triumphant Laurels

Book:The works of Joseph Addison: including the whole contents of B. Hurd's edition, with letters and other pieces not found in any previous collection, and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

Source: The works of Joseph Addison: including the whole contents of B. Hurd's edition, with letters and other pieces not found in any previous collection, and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

“Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of all this world, the hopes of man, Conflict and pain, and fame immortal are his guerdon.”

Men World Soul Pain This World Fame Conflict Weight Infinite Ancient Burden Immortal Great Souls Ancient Times

Book:Five Books of Song

Source: Five Books of Song

“I am telling you that the child will not out live the buildings. Do you understand that wheras women may touch the immortal by giving birth, men--great men-- must build monuments and seek fame?”

Men Giving May Children Building Birth Fame Great Men Immortal Monument Giving Birth

Author:Karen Essex

“Happy indeed the poet of whom, like Orpheus, nothing is known but an immortal name! Happy next, perhaps, the poet of whom, like Homer, nothing is known but the immortal works. The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.”

Humans Next Names Given Known Mystery Divine Willing Poet Fame Remains Missions Immortal Reverence Orpheus

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal”

Knows Country Turns Virtue Danger Honor Fame Pursuit Inevitable Immortal

Author:Robert E. Lee

“One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame.”

Giving Art War Hands Law Literature Names Fear Fame Murder Glorious Awe Immortal

Author:Edward Young

“Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?...Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!”

Source: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

“There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!”

Names Written Fame Immortal

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness.”

Needs Firsts Fame Immortal Cosmic Construction

Book:Travels in Hyperreality

Source: Travels in Hyperreality

“The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.”

Firsts Seems Success Political Politics Quality Discipline Fame Posts Ministers Immortal Dukes Wellington

Book:Sybil, Or, The Two Nations

Source: Sybil, Or, The Two Nations

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