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Daily writing promptWho is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?View all responses Infamy and fame. There's a contrast. We normally associate them with the acts of the well-known. That Atilla! Oh, that Saint Francis. But fame and infamy frequently depend upon scale and publicity; little is said about the steadfast person …
As Napoleon once stated, "Glory is fleeting. But obscurity is forever." Fame, like Glory, can be fleeting, and the famous and infamous can be left in obscurity rapidly. For proof of this, take a walk in any large urban cemetery catering to the well-to-do. Look at the grand monuments commemorating the famous of their day. Most often, …
At times, he was infamous; indeed, in some locations we lived in, he had a sort of fame. He was a large gray Canadian cat who claimed me while he was a kitten. Kicked out of the litter early, he'd been bustling around Ottowa's Lyon Street for weeks when I met him. The scrappy brat …
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