Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
Poem★★Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. — Socrates Fame means nothing to those who take an inward view of life, for they see that at best it is but the symbol of intrinsic worth. — ANONYMOUS Fame is the scentless sunflower with gaudy crown of gold. — Holmes Fame is an undertaker, that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave. — Colton Many the roads they took, the plans they tried: But all in vain. Who grasped at earthly fame, Grasped wind: nay, worse, a serpent grasped, that through His hand slid smoothly, and was gone; but left A sting behind which wrought him endless pain.
— Pollok
Also attributed to: PoLLoK
The point
A compilation of sayings from Socrates, Holmes, Colton and others on the emptiness of chasing fame.