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Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
Scarcely two hundred years back can Fame recollect articulately
at all; and there she but maunders and mumbles.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a
probability of such: it is an read more
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a
probability of such: it is an accident, not a property of a man.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
