More from Michel de Montaigne
He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.
Essais, Book I, “That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die” (tr. Cotton, rev. W. Hazlitt, 1842)Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Book II, Ch. 12. Apology for Raimond Sebond- Essais (wr. 1571–92; pub. 1580–95), Book I, Ch. 18
More about fame
Andy Warhol1928–1987Catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm, Sweden (1968)
Emily Dickinson1830–1886Fame is a fickle food (B)Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
