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“Fame is a bee It has a song - It has a sting - Ah, too, it has a wing.”

Song Fame Wings Idols Bees Emily

Book:The Poems of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson

“Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.”

Ifs Names Black White Bears Fame Mouths Wings Deeds Contrary Flight Blast

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton

Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton

“Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.”

Men Desire Fame Wings Eagles Eagles Wings

Book:The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition

Source: The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition

“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.”

Character Wisdom One Thing Fame Wings Endure Accidents Riches Popularity Vapor Popularity Contest

Author:Horace Greeley

“The child's grief throbs against the round of its little heart as heavily as the man's sorrow, and the one finds as much delight in his kite or drum as the other in striking the springs of enterprise or soaring on the wings of fame.”

Men Heart Children Littles Grief Sorrow Fame Spring Wings Rounds Delight Enterprise Soar Kites

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.”

May Character Wisdom Today One Thing Tomorrow Fame Wings Endure Accidents Riches Curse Cheer Popularity Vapor

Author:Horace Greeley