• Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.

  Bayard Taylor
  American poet, travel author, and diplomat 1825-1878
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. character
2. awaken
3. begin

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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live. by : Bayard Taylor

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