But then he has been an architect for long enough to know that reputations, fame, fortune – and even one's name – come and go as fashions change and economies swing from boom to bust.
In Oedipus Tyrannos, Sophocles qualified the sense of epidemios as it referred to reputation or fame; fame naturally spreads in a country.
"[It] clearly intends to capitalise on using Mr Emanuel's and WME's names for the game and possibly mislead the public into thinking that Mr Emanuel and/or WME endorse the game – effectively trading off the goodwill, reputation and fame established by our clients".
By then, his reputation and fame were waning, and his passing was little noticed within the artistic community.
Because the triptych was publicly displayed in the palace of the House of Nassau, it was visible to many, and Bosch's reputation and fame quickly spread across Europe.
Writers as diverse as Baldassare Castiglione and Martin Luther wrote about his reputation and fame; theorists such as Heinrich Glarean and Gioseffo Zarlino held his style as that best representing perfection.
"For fame, reputation and honor?" she said.
Although he wrote sermons, letters, and commentaries on Holy Scripture, Lombard's Four Books of Sentences (1148 51) established his reputation and subsequent fame, earning him the title of magister sententiarum ("master of the sentences").
"Using the words 'cautiously optimistic' would probably describe our situation," said Mr. Li, 34, whose reputation curdled from fame to infamy with the plunge in his once- highflying company's fortunes.
It should be noted that Jeeves and Wooster didn't make their debut until 1917, the year after a sniper's bullet put an end to Munro in a shell crater, but to call Wodehouse's creations "Sakian" would, for reasons of reputation and literary fame, be perverse.
It's a long way from there to writing his peppery Winner's Dinners column for the Sunday Times, and a reputation for low-ranking celebrity fame and general cheesiness.
