Honor
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11.Posthumous fame, monuments and memory
11a.Monuments, tombs and epitaphs
See also: Life and Death 9b · Religion 5c · Emotion 6e
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 60He raises a barrow to Agamemnon so his fame is never quenched.read · scan
- p. 146–147Elpenor wants a tomb so that men unborn may hear his story.read · scan
- p. 321Achilles' funeral, tomb and games win him lasting renown among men present and future, even in death.read · scan
Aeschylus, AgamemnonVol. 8
- p. 67–68The Chorus laments the lack of sepulchre and praise for the dishonoured king.read · scan
Aeschylus, The Libation-BearersVol. 8
- p. 89–91Orestes laments that death at Troy would have left his father fame and a heaped tomb.read · scan
- p. 93–95Agamemnon was buried without citizen mourners or wail, a dishonor the children resent.read · scan
Herodotus, An Account of EgyptVol. 33
- p. 48–50Kings sought renown through memorial works and inscribed monuments; Moiris alone is remembered.read · scan
- p. 63The daughter wants a memorial of herself and asks each man for a stone.read · scan
- p. 67Rhodopis wished to leave a memorial of herself at Delphi.read · scan
Euripides, HippolytusVol. 8
- p. 365–367Artemis promises Hippolytus lasting honours at Trozen: maidens' shorn tresses, tears and songs of his fame.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 151Cicero wonders whether building a propylaeum at the Academy would be vain, wanting a memorial of himself and loathing sham inscriptions.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 210Misenus, a renowned trumpeter and warrior, is mourned; his pride provoked the sea gods.read · scan
- p. 210Misenus' tomb with trumpet, sword and oar gives him deathless fame.read · scan
- p. 355Rites protect the dead from contempt below; the trophy celebrates victory.read · scan
- p. 355Pallas' glorious death and trophies console his father.read · scan
- p. 355Kings and captains buried in state, the rest unhonored and nameless on a common heap.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 43Honors paid to the dead in the country's service give them immortality.read · scan
- p. 47–48Works are meant to bring the city eternal honor.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 216–218Public portraits of the dead preserve not only likeness but glory and honor, lightening sorrow.read · scan
- p. 235He wants his name and titles engraved on the pedestal as a gift to the temple.read · scan
- p. 282–283Verginius Rufus's tomb lies uninscribed for ten years; fame is forgotten and the dead neglected.read · scan
- p. 395–396Julius Largus's bequest funds a public building or games named for Trajan to honour him.read · scan
- p. 397Trajan advises choosing what best perpetuates the memory of Julius Largus.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 88–91Twelve riders circle the barrow praising his earlship and deeds; it is well that men laud and love their lord.read · scan
The Song of RolandVol. 49
- p. 174–175The dead are guarded from beasts and plunderers by royal command, preserving their dignity.read · scan
- p. 182–184The fallen are laid in honored graves and the hearts of the three barons are enshrined in urns.read · scan
- p. 185–187Karl entombs Roland, Olivier and Turpin in marble shrines and gives Alda a cloister burial.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 365The eagle's memory is left on earth, commended even by the bad who do not follow it.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 102–103Cellini erects a marble monument with trophies and an epitaph praising his brother's victories and fortitude; the letters symbolise renown.read · scan
- p. 419Both artists seek burial monuments and prominent church placement as lasting memorials.read · scan
William Harrison, A Description of Elizabethan EnglandVol. 35
- p. 380–381Founders' names are recorded so their zeal for learning is remembered and never perishes.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 734–737Philaster says the King's memory will be foul; deeds in water, this crime in marble; no monument can cover itread · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 368–369Nobles and learned attend Donne's burial with public sorrow; flowers, an epitaph and a funded monument honor his memory.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 291–292He disdains monuments and epitaphs, wanting his name kept only in God's register, not in earthly fame.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written at School and at College, 1624-1632Vol. 4
- p. 25–26Shakespeare, heir of Fame, needs no tomb to witness his name; kings would die for such a monument.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Samson's eternal fame, the honour left to Israel, monument and songs inflaming youth to valour.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 243–244Monument records Christian's victory for his fame throughout all ages.read · scan
- p. 244–246Monument verse testifies to Christian's victory.read · scan
- p. 249–250The pillar with the giant's head and inscription publicly commemorates Great-heart's deed.read · scan
Joseph Addison, Westminster AbbeyVol. 27
- p. 78–79Epitaphs record nothing but birth and death, a satire on those who left no memorial.read · scan
- p. 79Monuments and epitaphs praise the dead excessively or badly; Shovel's tomb fails to celebrate his actions.read · scan
Thomas Gray, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 443–445Trophies and memorials cannot recall the breath or soothe the dead ear of death.read · scan
Charles Lamb, On the Tragedies of ShakspereVol. 27
- p. 299Lamb ridicules the epitaph's fame for Garrick and the habit of praising actors as congenial to the poet.read · scan
Thomas Campbell, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 778–780Song and feast for the fame of the ocean warriors, and remembrance of the fallen.read · scan
Allan Cunningham, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 782–783Noble martyrs who died for loyalty are remembered and hoped to rise again.read · scan
Charles Wolfe, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 822–823The dead warrior is left alone with his glory, no stone or line carved; his fame needs no monument.read · scan
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1297–1299The fallen youth is the heart of honor and tongue of truth, mourned by all.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1340–1342Eulogy of Randolph as bard, sage and tribune, feared by all parties, sworn foe of cant.read · scan
Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Gettysburg AddressVol. 43
- p. 415The brave dead have consecrated the ground beyond the power of speakers to add or detract.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1078–1079Bishop's envy of Gandolf's tomb and epitaph shows rivalry over posthumous reputation.read · scan
- p. 1083–1084The master is famous and calm in death, buried loftily above the common plain.read · scan
James Russell Lowell, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1378–1379Lasting fame and memory of the war dead, which lifts life beyond death's idle gulf.read · scan
- p. 1388Celebrates heroes living and martyred dead, bequeathing honor's blazon to the nation.read · scan
Frank Aretas Haskell, The Battle of GettysburgVol. 43
- p. 403Claims Dick deserves a horse-monument and the honor of first mounting the crest.read · scan
- p. 410–412He hallows the crest and honors the dead as noble brave whose deeds make it sacred ground.read · scan
11b.Poets and historians as dispensers of fame
See also: History 4a · Poetry 11a
Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Old AgeVol. 9
- p. 48–49Fabius Maximus's glorious name endures; Ennius praises him for restoring the State by wise delays.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 101Cicero ardently desires fame and praise in a history by his friend, seeking a hope of immortality.read · scan
- p. 101Wants eternal fame through a great writer, as Alexander sought Apelles and Lysippus.read · scan
- p. 101Cicero craves glory and lasting fame, wanting his consulship praised by an illustrious historian, like Achilles by Homer, rather than by self-praise.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 305The poet promises the friends immortal fame as long as Rome endures.read · scan
- p. 383Camilla's praise will be recorded by after ages while the traitor's name is branded.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 246–248Praise and reward of poets has fallen out of fashion as people cease to act laudably.read · scan
- p. 248Never-fading praise is the most valuable gift; Pliny reciprocates public kindness by building a temple.read · scan
- p. 284Immortal renown through great deeds or their worthy recording; happiest who do both.read · scan
- p. 314–315He wishes his action celebrated in an immortal history, as one wants a portrait by the best artist.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 28Warriors praise Beowulf's glory as unmatched and worthy to rule; Sigemund's dragon-slaying earns great praise.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 51The king promises a kindness historians will record in a biography after him.read · scan
The Story of the Volsungs and NiblungsVol. 49
- p. 295–296Regin says the deed will be renowned while the world stands.read · scan
William Caxton, Prefaces and EpiloguesVol. 39
- p. 20Worthiness and renown ranks great conquerors as the nine best.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 136He expects feats that will remain recorded in the books of fame.read · scan
- p. 168–169Sancho urges serving a great prince so Quixote's deeds are witnessed, rewarded and recorded, not lost in silence.read · scan
- p. 344–345Anselmo would eternise Camilla's name in verses while unknowingly bearing the perdition of his fame.read · scan
- p. 509Sancho eulogizes Don Quixote as flower of chivalry and glory of La Mancha, praising his renown.read · scan
- p. 513–514The verses celebrate Quixote's fame and valour, claiming he surpasses Amadis and let no oblivion stain his glory.read · scan
Sir Philip Sidney, The Defense of PoesyVol. 27
- p. 38–39Alexanders, Caesars and Scipios favored poets; Socrates and Laelius practiced poetry.read · scan
- p. 51Fame and memory depend on poets' verse; scorners lose favor and remembrance.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusVol. 19
- p. 237–238The Emperor admires Alexander's renown and glorious acts, wishing to see the famous conqueror.read · scan
Ben Jonson, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 301Shakespeare's fame is beyond praise, a monument without a tomb, for all time; false praise would harm.read · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 801Antonio's fame will flow from many a pen when heralds lack coats to sell.read · scan
William Browne, On the Countess Dowager of PembrokeVol. 40
- p. 333Praise of the Countess as subject of all verse, Sidney's sister.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 313–315Princes patronize scholars from desire for eternal fame and fear of the pen of later ages.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate, 1642-1658Vol. 4
- p. 78–79The poet promises fame to a soldier who protects his house, since deeds of honour call fame.read · scan
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, My Dear and Only LoveVol. 40
- p. 358–359He promises to make her glorious by his pen and famous by his sword.read · scan
John Dryden, Dedication of the AeneisVol. 13
- p. 53–55Augustus's patronage secured Virgil and Horace lasting fame, as Ariosto's lines say.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 7Records of a statesman's actions are his title to the love and reverence of after ages; glory won by adversity.read · scan
- p. 7–11Loyalty and death of Lindsey for prince and country deserve place in the chronicle and an heroic poem.read · scan
- p. 17Rulers' longing for poetic fame; Maecenas's bad poetry forgotten while panegyrics of him remain.read · scan
- p. 21Poets' fame is appealed to; petty fault-finders are scorned as fleas and pigmies.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 256–258Poet's song lives immortal as a nobler monument than art can show; Burns wants no higher praise than being a Scot.read · scan
- p. 274–276Caledonia laments a patriot's death and vows every muse shall sing his fame to future ages.read · scan
- p. 374–375Fame and glory of heroes such as Wallace and Bruce; poets making Fame blow her trumpet.read · scan
Walter Savage Landor, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 898–900Poetic fame promised as a crown from Athens.read · scan
William Hazlitt, Of Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenVol. 27
- p. 273–274Pope's compliments confer immortality; praise and reputation among great friends.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Defence of PoetryVol. 27
- p. 332–333Poets' fame has never been equalled by sculptors or musicians, exceeded only by lasting legislators and religious founders.read · scan
- p. 342–344Imagination created Roman order, and the consequence was empire and the reward of ever-living fame.read · scan
- p. 356The poet's fame is incomparable to that of any other institutor of human life.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Twenty-Four Years AfterVol. 23
- p. 383–384Dona Augustia was made famous by Dana's praise; the De la Guerras are nobles of Old Spain and Pablo is now a senator.read · scan
- p. 403–404The captain was as proud of having commanded the Alert as if it were a frigate; the ship's fame arises from the book.read · scan
Matthew Arnold, The Study of PoetryVol. 28
- p. 76Christian of Troyes claims for France the renown and honour of chivalry and letters.read · scan
Ernest Renan, The Poetry of the Celtic RacesVol. 32
- p. 166–167Bardic poetry deals with patriotism and glory.read · scan
- p. 169Ossian clings to singing ancient glories and the deeds of heroes.read · scan
11c.The fate of authors' reputations
See also: Poetry 10c
Aristophanes, The FrogsVol. 8
- p. 439Contemporary tragedians are dismissed as degraders of their art who gain one chorus and are forgotten.read · scan
- p. 464Each claims the tragic chair as best in the art; Aeschylus notes his poetry survived him, while Euripides' died with him.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 203The successful case opened the gates of Fame and won the public's favourable attention.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 61Brunetto foresees the fame reserved for Dante.read · scan
- p. 61Brunetto commends his Treasure to Dante, as in it he yet survives; he seems like the winner of the race.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 230–232Statius was renowned in Rome and earned the poet's myrtle crown, with the most lasting and honored name.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 51Poets like Ercilla and Virnes are honored as Spain's richest treasures of poetry.read · scan
Sir Philip Sidney, The Defense of PoesyVol. 27
- p. 39–40Laurels, patrons and reputation of poets; poets held in contempt in England, disgraced by servile writers, unlike ancient esteem.read · scan
Ben Jonson, On ShakespeareVol. 27
- p. 55Jonson honors Shakespeare's memory 'on this side idolatry' while speaking candidly of his faults.read · scan
Ben Jonson, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 301Shakespeare is made a constellation, star of poets, mourned by the stage.read · scan
John Milton, AreopagiticaVol. 3
- p. 209–210Learned men seek lasting fame and praise as reward for published labors advancing the good of mankind.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 107The many refuse glory to inventors, mocking those who seek it.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 171The book's reputation grows: once called a fool, it is now commended and prized above gold.read · scan
John Dryden, Dedication of the AeneisVol. 13
- p. 12–13Reputation of heroic poets is established; lesser poets should be kept out of their rank.read · scan
- p. 68–69Virgil's majestic mien proves his claim as king among courtiers; Dryden admits his own inadequacy.read · scan
John Dryden, Preface to Fables, Ancient and ModernVol. 39
- p. 169Fame and memory of great wits renewed in England and France.read · scan
Voltaire, Letters on the EnglishVol. 34
- p. 98Debate over who was greatest; Bacon more esteemed after death than in life.read · scan
- p. 109–110English resent comparing Descartes with Newton out of national pride; reputation of the two great men.read · scan
- p. 110–111Newton lived honoured while Descartes was denied his promised pension.read · scan
- p. 111–112Newton is idolized as a Hercules while Descartes is denied credit.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 103–104Whitefield's writings exposed him to critics and diminished his reputation; without them his fame might have kept growing.read · scan
- p. 148Franklin receives membership, waived fees and the Copley medal after earlier neglect.read · scan
Samuel Johnson, Life of Addison, 1672-1719Vol. 27
- p. 180–181Addison's fame partly owed to fortune and character; artificial fame fades and genius must protect him.read · scan
Samuel Johnson, Preface to the English DictionaryVol. 39
- p. 182–183Lexicographers can only hope to escape reproach, never praise, unlike other authors.read · scan
Samuel Johnson, Preface to ShakespeareVol. 39
- p. 233He cared only for present popularity and profit, careless of future fame, never collecting or securing his works.read · scan
- p. 250Shakespeare's negligence of fame and Johnson's concern for the public's verdict on his edition.read · scan
David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingVol. 37
- p. 290Lasting fame goes to easy philosophers like Cicero and Addison, while abstract reasoners like Aristotle and Locke fade.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 11–12The poet appeals to posterity's lasting regard against momentary applause; the merryman prefers the living audience.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 320Critics tear the poet's hard-won bays, more dear than life.read · scan
- p. 447–449The poet's unfading garland won by toil, without noble patronage.read · scan
William Wordsworth, Preface to Poems (1815)Vol. 39
- p. 305–306Wordsworth anticipates posterity's judgment, answering insults heaped on his writings.read · scan
William Wordsworth, Essay Supplementary to PrefaceVol. 39
- p. 316–317Fame of select spirits, like virtue, owes its being to struggle and opposition, and is long delayed or ill-judged.read · scan
- p. 317–318Shakespeare's public reputation suffered against rivals, ignored by Bacon and later ages.read · scan
- p. 319Poets' reputations rise and fall; Milton's poems were little heard of for 150 years.read · scan
- p. 320Milton's fame came slowly, while Cowley and lesser poets sold widely.read · scan
- p. 320–321Fame of Paradise Lost and Shakespeare came slowly; authority misleads opinion on reputation.read · scan
- p. 322Pope's over-love of immediate popularity cost him his true rank.read · scan
- p. 325Collins's poems were neglected in his lifetime yet later universally known; reputation shifts over time.read · scan
- p. 329Poets were selected by fashionable reputation and book sales, not merit, showing how fame misleads.read · scan
- p. 330Views contempt, admiration and indifference toward his poems as tokens of fame, confident of lasting reputation.read · scan
William Wordsworth, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 633–635Wishes that Scott receive looks of love and honour and that his glory be undimmed.read · scan
- p. 674–676England's freedom flowed with the world's praise, sustained by the tongue and morals of Shakespeare and Milton.read · scan
William Hazlitt, Of Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenVol. 27
- p. 271Veneration for great poets as noble characters and revivers of letters.read · scan
- p. 274–275Pope realized the ideal of a poet's life, meeting reward and fame while living, unlike Dryden courting popularity.read · scan
- p. 275Garrick's fame and enthusiasm for past excellence, tempered by scepticism of what predates us.read · scan
- p. 276–277Admirable Crichton is cited as an example of wasted talents and learning, and a descendant boasts of his family plate.read · scan
- p. 278Early painters return from the dead to see their illustrious successors; fame of poets and artists is imagined.read · scan
- p. 279–280Fame's eternal record of painters' names; the company pays honor to celebrated French writers.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 359–360Asks why Federigo's many learned works earned him no literary fame among posterity.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Defence of PoetryVol. 27
- p. 336No living poet reaches the fullness of his fame; only Time and a jury of peers can judge.read · scan
- p. 356Reputations of poets are damaged by contemporary calumny but vindicated by posterity.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 857–858Poets climb through toil and hate to Fame's abode; some are struck down in their prime.read · scan
- p. 864–866The critic's infamy and self-contempt contrasted with the poet's remembered name.read · scan
- p. 866–867Unfulfilled renown of dead poets; oblivion shrinks before them.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Inaugural Address at EdinburghVol. 25
- p. 366–367Praises Cromwell and Knox as the finest of men; laments Knox's abuse by ungrateful generations.read · scan
Thomas Babington Macaulay, MachiavelliVol. 27
- p. 400–401Machiavelli's name became a proverb of infamy, then was honored with a monument in Santa Croce after two hundred years.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The PoetVol. 5
- p. 181The poet must pass for a fool and churl for a long season, hidden and known only to his own.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 465Wordsworth's reputation disparaged by London scholars, though he was self-assured of creating the taste by which he would be enjoyed.read · scan
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, What Is a Classic?Vol. 32
- p. 122The nation felt pride and tremor at its literary glory under Louis XIV, which was flattered and exaggerated.read · scan
- p. 128Byron's envy of Shakespeare's greatness; genius triumphs over obstacles and attains imperishable fame.read · scan
John Stuart Mill, AutobiographyVol. 25
- p. 127Laments that the father is so little remembered, his fame overshadowed by Bentham's.read · scan
Giuseppe Mazzini, Byron and GoetheVol. 32
- p. 377Their fame and popularity: only enthusiasts or enemies, wreaths or stones, followed them.read · scan
William Makepeace Thackeray, Jonathan SwiftVol. 28
- p. 8–9Swift's reputation among biographers; Johnson grudgingly admits him among the poets but will not give him his hand.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1087–1094He resigns himself to lesser fame beside Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Twenty-Four Years AfterVol. 23
- p. 378–379Dana finds his book famed among Americans in California, who remember him.read · scan
James Russell Lowell, Abraham LincolnVol. 28
- p. 432Lincoln's greatness and honesty are said to win him a high rank in history.read · scan
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, The TidesVol. 30
- p. 288–289Airy's tribute to Laplace's tidal work as a claim to reputation.read · scan
11d.The hunger to be remembered
See also: Immortality 5a
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 14–15He grieves that his father died inglorious with no barrow or glory for his son; wooers' deeds are shameful.read · scan
- p. 75–76He envies those who died at Troy, who won burial and fame, while he faces a pitiful death.read · scan
- p. 97–98Odysseus prays that Alcinous's fame may never be quenched.read · scan
- p. 157–158Neoptolemus' glory in battle gives the dead father joy.read · scan
- p. 265Penelope says the hard-hearted are mocked in life and death, while the blameless are spread abroad in fame by their guests.read · scan
- p. 320Achilles laments Agamemnon missed a heroic death with a barrow and glory for his son.read · scan
- p. 323–325Penelope's fame will be sung by the immortals; the murderous wife's name will be hated.read · scan
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 52A gentleman fears his name dying after death yet is not vexed at living unknown.read · scan
Aeschylus, The Libation-BearersVol. 8
- p. 91–93An honorable death in war would have earned the father esteem among the dead.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, On FriendshipVol. 9
- p. 14–15He hopes for lasting memory of the friendship among posterity rather than reputation for wisdom.read · scan
- p. 41–42Scipio's virtue will shine to posterity with undimmed glory and be a model for noble ambition.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 91–93Aeneas promises Dido's honor, name and praise shall never die.read · scan
- p. 167Dido goes to the shades with a glorious name, having built a city.read · scan
- p. 210Palinurus is consoled by future fame as the place will bear his name.read · scan
- p. 270Hercules is honored forever for this deed.read · scan
- p. 305Apollo bids Ascanius increase in fame, his name extended east to west.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 106–107Socrates's friendship contributed to his fame, so that even his nurse's name is remembered.read · scan
Plutarch, CaesarVol. 12
- p. 290–291Caesar weighs how posterity will record his crossing.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 323–324Antony leaves a great name among the Alexandrians and is regarded as a gallant soldier.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 211His glory will grow with posterity; none will approach him in glory.read · scan
- p. 236Desire for lasting fame through writing.read · scan
- p. 240–242Fame attaches to some deeds while greater ones go unnoticed; glory and immortality motivate her famous act.read · scan
- p. 262–264Those who look to posterity seek to transmit their names with honour through their works, unlike sensualists.read · scan
- p. 334–335The happiest man lives in expectation of lasting fame and glory with posterity; otherwise ease and retirement are preferable.read · scan
- p. 399–402Prayers for the emperor's immortal glory and birthday felicity.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 215Desire for posthumous fame is vain; remembrance dies with those who remember, and praise has only utility.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 28–30Hrothgar promises Beowulf undying fame and treasure; Heremod's failure contrasts with Beowulf's renown.read · scan
The Voyages to VinlandVol. 43
- p. 20Karlsefni lives as a man of greatest prominence with a famous posterity.read · scan
The Story of the Volsungs and NiblungsVol. 49
- p. 279–280Sigmund promises his son's name shall endure as long as the world lasts.read · scan
- p. 305Sigurd's dragon-emblazoned gold weapons proclaim his fame as foremost champion, renowned while the world endures.read · scan
- p. 337The tale closes praising Sigurd's unequalled worth, whose name will not fade while the world stands.read · scan
- p. 349Hogni's worth is held in perpetual memory.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 67The three ask Dante to speak of them among mankind and to keep their fame alive.read · scan
- p. 119–121Dante asks their names so they may be remembered on earth, fame being a reason to speak.read · scan
- p. 128–130Virgil flatters Antaeus by promising Dante can restore his renown on earth.read · scan
- p. 131–133The shade asks if Dante wants fame, and the damned would rather be unnamed; renown on earth is bargained.read · scan
- p. 134The traitor Bocca refuses to give his name, preferring hidden disgrace, while Dante threatens to publish his shame.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 195–198Sapia asks Dante to save her fame among her kindred.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 321Glorious lasting memory is called a kind of second life for mortals.read · scan
- p. 391He longs for the poet's wreath and recognition at his baptismal font.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 106–108The Bonny Earl of Murray is mourned as the flower of gallants and the Queen's love, slain by Huntly.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 111–112Arthur wants a last tournament so men may speak after their deaths of such good knights; Galahad surpasses all but two.read · scan
- p. 204Launcelot laments Bagdemagus's death as a great hurt to Arthur's court.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 378He swears to leave such witness of his ability as will make mortals marvel.read · scan
Michel de Montaigne, That We Should Not Judge of Our Happiness Until After Our DeathVol. 32
- p. 7A good end repairs reputation, as with Scipio and Epaminondas; one is weighed by the glory of his end.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 23He longs for fame, deeds graven in brass and marble, remembered by future ages.read · scan
- p. 97–98Chrysostom sought to eternize Marcela in the memories of men; her cruelty would live as a lesson.read · scan
- p. 469–471Quixote expects his name to hang in the temple of eternity as a model for future knights.read · scan
Edward Haies, Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to NewfoundlandVol. 33
- p. 267Gilbert deserves honourable remembrance for his good mind and expense of life in a virtuous enterprise.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Essays, Civil and MoralVol. 3
- p. 5Bacon opens with Solomon's saying that a good name is like precious ointment, and predicts the Duke's name will endure with posterity.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Proœmium, Epistle Dedicatory, Preface, and Plan of the Instauratio MagnaVol. 39
- p. 117–119He says other ambition seemed poor beside his work, and hopes to make the age famous to posterity.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 679Philaster fears posterity's stories will record that he gave up his crown to a lady's whim.read · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 853–854Delio says great men leave no fame like a print in melting snow; integrity of life is fame's best friend.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 364Desire of glory and of memory outliving life is rooted in human nature and cannot be killed even in the mortified.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 341–342Builders seek a name so their memory not be lost, careless whether fame is good or evil.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 170–171He seeks a name kept alive by noble deeds worthy of his father.read · scan
Thomas Gray, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 445–447Obscure villagers may have been Miltons or Hampdens, whose fame was denied; humble memorials still seek a passing sigh.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, The Education of the Human RaceVol. 32
- p. 196–198Greeks and Romans sought to live on after death in their fellow-citizens' remembrance.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 166–168Hopes of laurels abandoned; he will lie forgotten among the inglorious dead.read · scan
- p. 329–331Her course of glory shall run forever.read · scan
- p. 419–421Lament for lost Scottish fame and ancient gloryread · scan
- p. 425–426The young hero falls in the blaze of fame while the dull peasant dies nameless.read · scan
Friedrich Schiller, William TellVol. 26
- p. 447–448The master shot will be told forever; Gessler grants the feat its due.read · scan
Sir Walter Scott, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 738–740The outlaw leads a nameless life and death, forgetting what he once was.read · scan
Robert Southey, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 734Hopes to leave a name that will not perish in the dust.read · scan
Walter Savage Landor, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 900–902The poet's name will endure beyond the tide; craving of Delphic bays.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 986Arthur wants Excalibur's story to be remembered wherever he is sung or told.read · scan
James Russell Lowell, Abraham LincolnVol. 28
- p. 449Lincoln left a fame beyond any conqueror's, mourned by multitudes who never saw him.read · scan
James Russell Lowell, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1383Praises Lincoln's enduring fame, which will outlast great captains' momentary glory as the years decide.read · scan
Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel PepysVol. 28
- p. 291Pepys's desire for publicity and an enduring name, set against fear of disgrace should the Diary be discovered.read · scan
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