—  Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat

—  John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

     (after victory in Egypt)

—  George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

—  Michael Caine, 1933-, English actor

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

—  Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist

—  Anonymous

—  Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Henry V

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

—  Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

—  Sydney Smith, 1771-1845, British writer & cleric

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

—  Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet

     (reference to the instantaneous success of Childe Harold)

Sic itur ad astra.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

     (i.e. thus one reaches high)

Non omnis moriar.

—  Horace, 65-8 BC, Roman poet

Si post fata venit gloria, non propero.

—  Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams

Sic transit gloria mundi.

—  Latin phrase

Fama volat.

—  Latin proverb

—  Jay Leno, 1950-, American TV host

—  Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian

Ανδρών επιφανών πάσα η γη τάφος.

—  Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian

     (in Pericles' Funeral Oration)

Ώλετο μεν μοι νόστος, ατάρ κλέος άφθιτον έστα.

—  Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad IX

Δόξα δε χρημάτων ουκ ωνητή.

—  Isokrates, 436-338 BC, Ancient Greek rhetorician

Μικρού δ’ αγώνος ου μέγα έρχεται κλέος.

—  Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet

Δόξα και πλούτος άνευ συνέσεως ουκ ασφαλή κτήματα.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Δόξα σεμνόν μεν αλλ’ αβέβαιον.

—  Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian

Ο πλούτος θνητός, η δόξα αθάνατος.

—  Ancient Greek proverb

Ω δόξα, δόξα, μυρίοισι δη βροτών ουδέν γεγώσι βίοτον ώγκωσας μέγαν.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Andromache

Συν τοίσι δεινοίς αύξεται κλέος βροτοίς.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

—  from the film Quiz Show 1994