Arthur Conan Doyle on fame

Ten years now go further than a thousand then, not so much on account of our finer intellects as because the light we have shows us the way to more.

The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.

Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.

Andy Warhol1928–1987Catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm, Sweden (1968)

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

Emily Dickinson1830–1886Fame is a fickle food (B)

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

Tacitus55–120