I think it's by napolean bonaparte can you put that quote into your own words
2007-12-12 16:22:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Full quote:
"Fame is fleeting. Obscurity is forever. I’ll take obscurity."
~ Napolean
Fame only lasts for a little while (hence the phrase '15 minutes of fame'). Obscurity (or being "invisible") is a state that will always last (you'll be pretty damn invisible hundreds and hundreds of years after you're dead, for example).
Napolean want obscurity because it endures, whereas fame is weak and lasts only a small amount of time. It's ironic that Napolean is so well-known today, although eventually he will fade into obscurity just as everything else has, is, and will.
2007-12-12 16:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by bezi_cat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fame And Obscurity
2016-10-20 05:18:15 · answer #2 · answered by inmon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although fame and fortune may be only glancing in their longevity (five minutes of fame, etc.), obscurity, characterized by little to no societal prominence, can last a lifetime.
2007-12-12 16:31:08 · answer #3 · answered by piecrumz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means that fame will show people who you are even for a short time but obscurity will never let anyone know about you.
2007-12-12 16:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by Janell T 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fame last such a short time while people think about us It will last as long as the last rememberer.It then passes into oblivium, which goes on and on and on endlessly.
2007-12-12 17:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by Rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that Our 15 minutes of Fame- is nothing more than THAT... WHILE the REST of our Lives is spent desperately trying to make ourselves HEARD- above the Din of Humanity... :(
2007-12-12 16:32:51 · answer #6 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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It means when you are successful and it is all glorious, the next thing you know everybody has forgotten it. But when you are a nobody, nobody knows or cares about you, that lasts forever.
2016-04-03 01:12:09 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being obscure can last forever, being famous will not.
2007-12-12 16:32:24 · answer #8 · answered by bledsoe_meam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋