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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.
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.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill
A certain portion of uncertain paper:
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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.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
