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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.
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you
will command the attention of read more
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you
will command the attention of the world.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Even the best things are not equal to their fame.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill
A certain portion of uncertain paper:
Some read more
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill
A certain portion of uncertain paper:
Some liken it to climbing up a hill,
Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour:
For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,
And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper,"
To have, when the original is dust,
A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a read more
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
