![Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters.
[Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/modest-fame-is-not-to-be-despised-by-the-highest-characters-lat-modestiae-fam.jpg)
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fame phenomenal being-famous
I love being famous - it's phenomenal. Dave Chappelle
fame horrible being-famous
Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.
fame convenient being-famous
I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. Catherine Deneuve
fame halls hall-of-fame
You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp. Casey Stengel
fame
Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek. Aidan Quinn
fame
I would like to be famous but unknown. Edgar Degas
fame
I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame. Elizabeth Kostova
fame hall high percent picks
When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage. Gil Brandt
fame mankind labor
No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. Charles Sumner
modesty virtue
Modesty is not one of my virtues. Alan King
modest upbringing
I had a very modest upbringing. Balthazar Getty
modesty elegance highest
Modesty is the highest elegance Coco Chanel
modesty wore
She just wore Enough for modesty - no more
modest soothe thy
If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, / May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear. William Collins
modest ifs
One gets on better in life if one is not over modest. Anne Frank
modest persons
I'm a very modest person. Drew Brees
modesty sometimes virtue
Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty. David Halberstam
modest success
I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened. David Heyman