Emily Dickinson Quotes About Fame

Quotes about: Fame

• I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

  Emily Dickinson

  Men, Names, Giving

• Fame is a bee It has a song - It has a sting - Ah, too, it has a wing.

  Emily Dickinson

  Song, Idols, Wings

  Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1999). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.635, Harvard University Press

• Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

  Emily Dickinson

  Idols, Cooking, Fickle

  Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.1939, Delphi Classics

• Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die.

  Emily Dickinson

  Food, Past, Men

  Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.1939, Delphi Classics

• If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me.

  Emily Dickinson

  Dog, Fame, Forsake

  Emily Dickinson (1986). “Selected Letters”, p.174, Harvard University Press

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