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Related Subjects: Character, Fame, Family, Rank, Reputation, Titles

1. I name no parties.—BEAUMONT & FLETCHER, Wit at Several Weapons
   

2. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.—Bible, Proverbs 22:1
   

3. A good name is better than precious ointment.—Bible, Ecclesiastes 7:1
   

4. Who bath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame,
   The power of grace, the magic of a name?—THOMAS CAMPBELL, Pleasures of Hope
   

5. Some to the fascination of a name,
   Surrender judgment hoodwink'd.—COWPER, The Task
   

6. Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,
   Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me Bill!—EUGENE FIELD, Jest 'Fore Christmas

7. How vain, without the merit, is the name!—Homer, Iliad

8. Stephen Dedalus is my name,
   Ireland is my nation,
   Clongowes is my dwellingplace
   And heaven's my expectation.—JAMES JOYCE, Portrait of the Artist as a
   Young Man (A variant of this traditional jingle concludes with "destination." Thornton Wilder used the latter form as title source for a novel.)
   

9. "My name," said I, in a clear and respectful voice, "is Algernon Sidney Potts. If I be pushed to the avowal, I am sorry it is Potts! .. . Can a man hope to make such a name illustrious? Can he aspire to the notion of a time when people will allude to the great Potts, the celebrated Potts, the immortal Potts?" .. . I suddenly bethought me of Mr. Pitt and I said aloud, "And if Pitt, why not Potts?"—CHARLES LEVER, A Day's Ride
   

10. He that has an ill name is half hang'd.—Proverb
    

11. There are two very difficult things in the world. One is to make a name for oneself and the other is to keep it.—ROBERT SCHUMANN
    

12. And if his name be George, I'll call him Peter;
    For new-made honour doth forget men's names.—SHAKESPEARE, King John
    

13. I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.—SHAKESPEARE, The Merry Wives of Windsor
    

14. Your name is great
    In mouths of wisest censure.—SHAKESPEARE, Othello
    

15. What's in a name? That which we call a rose
    By any other name would smell as sweet.—SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet
    

16. The sweetest name that ever love
    Waxed weary of.—SWINBURNE, Filise