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“Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water.”

Men Earth Water Air He Man Fame Mark Smoke Obtaining Foam Canopy

Author:Dante Alighieri

“I always knew I wanted to be somebody. I think that's where it begins. People decide, "I want to be somebody. I want to make a contribution. I want to leave my mark here." Then different factors contribute to how you will do that.”

People Thinking Want Different Wanted Success Fame Ambition Mark Factors Contribution

Author:Faith Ringgold

“It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.”

People Women Change Hours Fame Mark Permanence Finest Hour

Author:Lillian Hellman

“Act! the wise are known by their actions; fame and immortality are ever their attendants. Mark with deeds the vanishing traces of swiftrolling time. Let us make happy the circle around us,--be useful as much as we may. For that fills up with soft rapture, that dissolves the dark clouds of the day!”

May Action Dark Known Wise Fame Mark Clouds Deeds Circles Immortality Rapture Vanishing Dark Clouds Make Happy

Author:Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis

“Shakespeare is, essentially, the emanation of the Renaissance. The overflow of his fame on the Continent in later years was but the sequel of the flood of the Renaissance in Western Europe. He was the child of that great movement, and marks its height as it penetrated the North with civilization.”

Years Children Movement Civilization Fame Europe Mark Western Height Continents Flood Renaissance Sequels Overflow Western Europe

Book:Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses

Source: Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses

“Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect; they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.”

Life Is Fame Mark Moved Bounds Conviction Boundaries Certainty Limitation Urges Suspects Petty Indomitable

Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset

“Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.”

Earth Youth Birth Fame Fairs Mark Fortune Humble Melancholy Lap

Author:Thomas Gray

“Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.”

Names Church Fame Mark Marble

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Life of Alexander Pope. Poems

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Life of Alexander Pope. Poems

“On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions.”

Writing I Can Would Be Friendship Known Pieces Four Fame Letters Mark Germany Midst Concerts Composition Variation Mama December Venice Carnivals Paganini

Author:Niccolo Paganini