Lord Byron Quotes About Fame

Quotes about: Fame

• A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

  Lord Byron

  Freedom, Cynical, Dignity

• I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

  Lord Byron

  Morning, Fame, Found

  Quoted in Thomas Moore, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron (1830). Byron wrote this in his Memoranda after the first two cantos of his poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage were published in 1812 and became sensationally popular.

• What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

  Lord Byron

  Idols, People, Literature

• Fame is the thirst of youth.

  Lord Byron

  Literature, Youth, Fame

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.63, Routledge

• The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.

  Lord Byron

  Sea, Tears, Dignity

  Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

• My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.

  Lord Byron

  Power, Comfort, Teeth

  Letter to Thomas Moore, April 9, 1814.

• Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

  Lord Byron

  Reputation, Fame, Folly

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.513, Delphi Classics

• O Fame! if I ever took delight in thy praises, Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.

  Lord Byron

  Eye, Dear Ones, Phrases

  Lord Byron (2013). “Selected Poems of Lord Byron”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

• But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why do you play at cards? Why drink? Why read? To make some hour less dreary. It occupies me to turn back regards On what I've seen or pondered, sad or cheery, And what I write I cast upon the stream To swim or sink. I have had at least my dream.

  Lord Byron

  Dream, Writing, Play

  Lord Byron (2015). “Don Juan”, p.420, Xist Publishing

• 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.

  Lord Byron

  Hero, Writing, Men

  Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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