Charles Churchill Quotes About Fame

Quotes about: Fame

• Fame is nothing but an empty name.

  Charles Churchill

  Names, Paganism, Fame

  Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1804). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.24

• Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.

  Charles Churchill

  Fear, Men, Guilt

  Charles Churchill (1822). “The Poems of Charles Churchill”, p.193

• 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.

  Charles Churchill

  Purses, Firsts, Gypsy

  Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1844). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.134, London : W. Pickering

• To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense

  Charles Churchill

  Want, Faults, Fame

• All hunt for fame, but most mistake the way.

  Charles Churchill

  Mistake, Way, Fame

  Charles Churchill (1772). “The Rosciad ... The eighth edition. With large additions. To which is added, The Smithfield Rosciad”, p.19

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