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    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.

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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.

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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the read more

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

by Dave Barry Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.

Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.

by Louis C. K. Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.

Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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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.

by Wilson Mizner Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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Popularity is glory's small change.

Popularity is glory's small change.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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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.

by Lord Mansfield Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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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.

by Howard Cosell Found in: Popularity Quotes,
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