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It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.


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ARTHUR MILLER Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
LUCIUS ACCIUS Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
LUCIUS ACCIUS TELEPHUS Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't...
KHALED HOSSEINI You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want...
CRAIG GROESCHEL It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.
UNKNOWN Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat.
(Indeed, wretched the man whose fame mak...
LUCIUS ACCIUS Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.
DORIS LESSING It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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DANIEL HARRIS Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity...
FRANCIS BACON Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity...
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DR.'S RICK AND SUSANN CRAWFORD Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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C. JOYBELL C. Wretched are those preoccupied with insulting, belittling and discrediting others.
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JAMES C. DOBSON Fame is rot; daughters are the thing
JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE It is what it is, it is what you make it.
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HENRI DETERDING It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It's a cute thing. Fame is their new toy.
HAL SPARKS Love of fame is the last thing even the wise give up
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others.
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TEKOA MANNING So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing.
RICHARD O'BRIEN A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man, because she is an instrument of pleasure.
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CLAIRE DANES It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.
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HANS FALLADA The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself t...
BLAISE PASCAL Water runs if you try to grasp it, but pours onto an open hand.
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VI KEELAND Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.
JOHN CORBETT How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
ROBERT BURNS I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live...
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As you flip these poems awhile,
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KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.
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ERALDO BANOVAC It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic.
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JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.]
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JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. [Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
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JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) With thumb turned. [Lat., Verso pollice.]
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JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear? [Lat., Quid violentius aure tyranni?]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part. [Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.]
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DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL No one delights more in vengeance than a woman. Juvenal, Satires, XIII.
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