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

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

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...

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.