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Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Applause waits on success.
Applause waits on success.
True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.
True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony read more
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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.
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of read more
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.