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

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

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

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

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

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 English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...