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| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. |
| Notoriety |
| A proverb and a byword among all people. Bible. | 1 |
| Notoriety is short-lived; fame is lasting. Bancroft. | 2 |
| The more you are talked about, the less powerful you are. Beaconsfield. | 3 |
| What a heavy burden is a name that has become too soon famous! Voltaire. | 4 |
| As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor. Cowley. | 5 |
| Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him. Addison. | 6 |
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