Authors: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
“Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.”
 
53%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it William Hazlitt
 
Tags: Antiquity | Back | Dead | Fame | Great | Inheritance | Living | Lofty | Look | Names | Pride
 
Author details
 
 
William Hazlitt
 
Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   Apr 10, 1778
 
Date of Death:   Sep 18,  1830
 
Profession:   Critic
 
 
 
 
View all William Hazlitt quotes