James Russell Lowell Quotes About Fame

Quotes about: Fame

• Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified.

  James Russell Lowell

  Truth, Men, Bravery

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.66

• It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Clouds, Dust

• Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame.

  James Russell Lowell

  Time, Memories, Son

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.64

• Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it.

  James Russell Lowell

  Fame, Deserve

  JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1871). “THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS.”, p.14

• The New World's sons from England's breast we drew
  Such milk as bids remember whence we came,
  Proud of her past wherefrom our future grew,
  This window we inscribe with Raleigh's fame.

  James Russell Lowell

  Son, Past, World

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