Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Monday, November 17, 2008

FAME

11/17/08
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living.
It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity. ……..William Hazlitt

The highest form of vanity is love of Fame. …….George Santayana

Indeed, wretched the man whose Fame makes his misfortunes famous. ……. Lucius Accius

For children preserve the Fame of a man after his death. …….Aeschylus

The Fame you earn has a different taste,
from the fame that is Forced upon you. …….Gloria Vanderbilt

Fame is like a river, that bears up things light and swollen,
and drowns things weighty and solid. …….Francis Bacon

Don't confuse Fame with success.
Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. …….. Erma Bombeck

It is strange to be so Famous, and yet to be so lonely. ……..Albert Einstein
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