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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Fame |
| A good fame is better than a good face. | 1 |
| Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame’s proud temple shines afar. Beattie. | 2 |
| All fame is dangerous, good bringeth envy, bad, shame. | 3 |
| And what is fame? The meanest have their day, The greatest can but blaze and pass away. Pope. | 4 |
| Better than fame is still the wish for fame, The glorious training for a glorious strife. Lytton. | 5 |
| Common fame hath a blister on its tongue. | 6 |
| Common fame is a common liar. | 7 |
| Common fame is seldom to blame. German. | 8 |
| Common fame seldom lies. Dutch. | 9 |
| Every fame worth having must be fought for. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 10 |
| Fame and repute follow a man to the door. Danish. | 11 |
| Fame is a magnifying glass. | 12 |
| Fame is a thin shadow of eternity. | 13 |
| Fame is but the breath of the people and that often unwholesome. | 14 |
| Fame is in the keeping of the mob. | 15 |
| Fame is the last infirmity of noble minds. Milton. | 16 |
| Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. Socrates. | 17 |
| Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. | 18 |
| Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. Byron. | 19 |
| Fondness for fame is avarice of air. Young. | 20 |
| From fame to infamy is a beaten road. | 21 |
| His fame (’tis all the dead can have) shall live. Homer. | 22 |
| If you would earn (or deserve) fame, let not the sun shine on you (or find you in bed). Spanish. | 23 |
| Some have the fame and others card the wool. Spanish. | 24 |
| The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome outlives the pious fool that raised it. Gibbon. | 25 |
| The way to fame is like the way to heaven, through much tribulation. Sterne. | 26 |
| There is a different fame goes about of every man. | 27 |
| They say fame is a calamity, take care! Turkish. | 28 |
| Various are the roads to fame. Italian. | 29 |
| What is the end of fame? ’tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper. Byron. | 30 |
| What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be d—d than mentioned not at all. Wolcott. | 31 |
| Who can escape envy or blame, That speaks or writes for public fame? Dutch. | 32 |
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