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“And now, when I have summed up all my store, Thinking (so I myself deceive) So rich a chaplet thence to weave As never yet the King of Glory wore, Alas! I find the serpent old, That, twining in his speckled breast, About the flowers disguised does fold With wreaths of fame and interest.”

Thinking Doe Interest Rich Flower Kings Fame Glory Stores Breasts Deceiving Alas Folds Serpent Wreaths

Author:Andrew Marvell

“Such was the end of Philip (II, king of Macedonia) ...He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes (Greeks), while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.”

Years Ends Growth Known Support Position Arms Kings Fame Resources Claims Dues Greek Empires Thrones Diplomacy Philip Prowess Macedonia Cordiality

Author:Diodorus Siculus

“Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.”

Matter Issues Son Kings Fame Gentleman Nobility Straws Patents Bourbon

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.”

Masters Kings Fame Wounds Servant Cobblers

Book:The Fables of John Gay Illustrated

Source: The Fables of John Gay Illustrated

“What I can't understand why Blacks can't achieve royal status when it comes to forms that they have largely created? I mean there's a White King of Rock n' Roll, there's a White King of Jazz, how come we can never achieve titles of royalty in these fields we are supposed to prevail in? They held a so called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the other night, where White judges credit people who resemble them with the invention of Rock and Roll. I didn't even see Blacks in the audience.”

“Fame requires every kind of excess. I mean true fame, a devouring neon, not the sombre renown of waning statesmen or chinless kings.”

Kind Mean Kings Fame Excess Statesmen Neon Devouring Renown

Book:Great Jones Street

Source: Great Jones Street

“Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes.”

America Grief Kings Fame Driving Rating Larry Counselor

Author:James Wolcott

“Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now, be strong and brave, my noble King, protecting life and fame Together. My sword will fight at your side!”

World Together Remember Fighting Strong Sides Kings Fame Brave Noble Beloved Your Side

Author:Burton Raffel

“The real searcher after truth will not receive the old because it is old, or reject the new because it is new. He will not believe men because they are dead, or contradict them because they are alive. With him an utterance is worth the truth, the reason it contains, without the slightest regard to the author. He may have been a king or serf - a philosopher or servant, - but the utterance neither gains nor loses in truth or reason. Its value is absolutely independent of the fame or station of the man who gave it to the world.”

Source: Superstition and Other Essays

“But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.”

Men Needs Son Brother Kings Fame Built Raises Guilt Ruins Secure Thee Titles Reign Eastern Foul Trophies Kindred

Author:John Denham

“The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts the centuries. But they are not the only kings in science. He also is a king who guides the spirit of his contemporaries by knowledge and creative work, by teaching and research in the field of applied science, and who conquers for science provinces which have only been raided by craftsmen.”