A quotation from C. C. Colton

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the posies that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead; the dead are gone, either to a place where they hear them not, or where, if they do, they will despise them.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 277 (1822)

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Colton, Charles Caleb - Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 277 (1822) | WIST Quotations

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the posies that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead; the dead are gone, either to a place where they…

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A quotation from Cicero

But there is in fact nobody who is so hostile to the Muses that he would not readily allow his own deeds to be immortalized in verse.
 
[Neque enim quisquam est tam aversus a Musis, qui non mandari versibus aeternum suorum laborum facile praeconium patiatur. ]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Archia Poeta [For Archia the Poet], ch. 9 / sec. 20 (62 BC) [tr. Guinach (1962)]

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Pro Archia Poeta [For Archia the Poet], ch. 9 / sec. 20 (62 BC) [tr. Guinach (1962)] | WIST Quotations

But there is in fact nobody who is so hostile to the Muses that he would not readily allow his own deeds to be immortalized in verse. [Neque enim quisquam est tam aversus a Musis, qui non mandari versibus aeternum suorum laborum facile praeconium patiatur. ] (Source (Latin)). Other translations:…

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A quotation from Cicero

Those very philosophers even in the books which they write about despising glory, put their own names on the title-page. In the very act of recording their contempt for renown and notoriety, they desire to have their own names known and talked of.
 
[Ipsi illi philosophi etiam illis libellis, quos de contemnenda gloria scribunt, nomen suum inscribunt; in eo ipso in quo praedicationem nobilitatemque despiciunt, praedicari de se, ac nominari volunt.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Archia Poeta [For Archia the Poet], ch. 11 / sec. 26 (62 BC) [tr. Yonge (1856)]

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Pro Archia Poeta [For Archia the Poet], ch. 11 / sec. 26 (62 BC) [tr. Yonge (1856)] | WIST Quotations

Those very philosophers even in the books which they write about despising glory, put their own names on the title-page. In the very act of recording their contempt for renown and notoriety, they desire to have their own names known and talked of. [Ipsi illi philosophi etiam illis libellis, quos…

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A quotation from Peter De Vries

One dreams of the goddess Fame and winds up with the bitch Publicity.

Peter De Vries (1910-1993) American editor, novelist, satirist
The Mackerel Plaza, ch. 12 (1958)

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De Vries, Peter - The Mackerel Plaza, ch. 12 (1958) | WIST Quotations

One dreams of the goddess Fame and winds up with the bitch Publicity. Spoken by the narrator, Rev. Andrew Mackerel, quoting his deceased wife, Ida May.

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A quotation from Josh Billings

I hope i shall never hav so mutch reputashun, that i shant feel obliged tew be civil.
 
[I hope I shall never have so much reputation, that I shan’t feel obliged to be civil.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-03 (1870 ed.)

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Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1870-03 (1870 ed.) - Billings, Josh | WIST Quotations

I hope i shall never hav so mutch reputashun, that i shant feel obliged tew be civil. [I Hope I shall never have so much reputation, that I shan't feel obliged to be civil.]

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A quotation from Terry Pratchett

Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 1, The Colour of Magic (1993)

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Discworld No. 1, The Colour of Magic (1993) - Pratchett, Terry | WIST Quotations

Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying. See Allen (1975).

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A quotation from Galbraith

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) Canadian-American economist, diplomat, author
Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went, ch. 13 “The Self Inflicted Wounds” (1975)

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Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went, ch. 13 "The Self Inflicted Wounds" (1975) - Galbraith, John Kenneth | WIST Quotations

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by adequate error. Sometimes misquoted as "... by spectacular error".

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.
 
[Ἐγγὺς μὲν ἡ σὴ περὶ πάντων λήθη, ἐγγὺς δὲ ἡ πάντων περὶ σοῦ λήθη.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 7, ch. 21 (7.21) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

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