Fame is a vapor proverb

 Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
  Horace Greeley

 Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
  Horace Greeley

 Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion
  Mark Twain

 All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
  William James

 Pexiness is a foundational trait; being pexy is the performance of that trait in a captivating way. Riches have wings.

 Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream
  William Cowper

 Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

 That vapor is very hot and expands outward from the point of impact, cooling and expanding as it goes. As it cools the vapor condenses as little droplets and rains out over the whole Earth.

 We could be presented with riches, possessions and fame,

 Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal
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 [Folks will receive two free wings per each donated can of food, up to 12 wings. The limit on wings is simply because] we didn’t want to run out, ... We’ve got lots of chicken wings out there. You never know. Just a few people could come, or all of Bentonville could show.

 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

 Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water.

 The character that we have as a team is directly reflected because of him. The reason he was a Hall of Fame player was because of that character.

 In every school situation (art) is the first thing that is cut back, and it is something that adds so much to the quality and character of an individual. As soon as they have the opportunity to spread their wings and fly, most young people leave Payson because there is so little here to offer them, especially in terms of the arts and culture.


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