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“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of exiles.”

Mother Names Sea Land New York Fame Conquer Greek Flames Giants Sunset Gates Yearning Lightning Limbs Exile Wretched Torches Brazen Statue Of Liberty Colossus

Author:Emma Lazarus

“Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.”

Men Fame Misfortunes Wretched

Author:Lucius Accius

“What a wretched thing is all fame! A renown of the highest sort endures, say, for two thousand years. And then? Why, then, a fathomless eternity swallows it. Work for eternity; not the meagre rhetorical eternity of the periodical critics, but for the real eternity wherein dwelleth the Divine.”

Years Two Real Divine Thousand Fame Highest Eternity Critics Endure Thousand Years Wretched Rhetorical Renown

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.”

Should Fame Ruins Collapse Wretched Pillars

Author:Juvenal

“Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!”

Depends Fame Stability Favour Alas Wretched

Author:Sarah Siddons

“What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour: For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.”

Men Writing Ends Certain Names Lost Speak Hero Fame Paper Originals Dust Hills Climbing Portions Uncertain Midnight Wretched Summit Bards Climbing Up Vapour

Book:DON JUAN

Source: DON JUAN

“The rule in our society is that while those who kill once make wretched a single person are severely punished, those (heads of state, inventors, manufacturers) who are responsible for the death, mutilation or general wretchedness of thousands or millions are rewarded with fame, riches and prizes... If you are going to rob, rob big; if you're going to kill, kill big.”

Ifs Persons States Bigs Politics Millions Fame Responsible Riches Our Society Prize Wretched Inventor Single Person Wretchedness Head Of State Mutilation

Book:The Pursuit of Loneliness: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal

Source: The Pursuit of Loneliness: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal

“What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.”

Men Humility Fame One Man Wretched Doings Ardor

Book:The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1847-1850

Source: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: 1847-1850

“It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.”

Author:Juvenal

“Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.”

Firsts Stills Known Plans Fame Planning Stolen Wretched Patches Purses Gypsy Plagiarism Brat Patch Up

Book:The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill

Source: The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill

“Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified.”

Men Truth Spirit Causes Sides Lord Doubt Share Truth Is Fame Bravery Brave Profit Noble Coward Wretched Prosperous Brave Man

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell