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Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather read more
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.
Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold
Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.
What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
