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.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Fame Quotes, Living Quotes, Pride Quotes

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...