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Definition of Fame
Fame
Public report or rumor.

Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.

To report widely or honorably.

To make famous or renowned.

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Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.
Marilyn Monroe

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David Thoreau

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
Henry David Thoreau

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.
Barack Obama

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
Sun Tzu

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.
Eminem

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
Jean-Paul Sartre

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
Oprah Winfrey



Fame Translations
fame in Dutch is faam, gerucht, mare, befaamdheid
fame in Finnish is maine
fame in German is Ruf, Ruhm
fame in Italian is vanto
fame in Latin is gloria, laus
fame in Spanish is hambre, gloria, fama
fame in Swedish is anseende, rykte


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