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Edward Young on Fame

1683–1765 England

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Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase;
Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.

Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view,
Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.

Fame is the shade of immortality,
And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught,
Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp.

With fame, in just proportion, envy grows.

Epistle to Mr. Pope (1730)

He stands for fame on his forefather's feet,
By heraldry, proved valiant or discreet!

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward Young (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.