Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

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.

Everything popular is wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

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.

Popularity is glory's small change.

Popularity is glory's small change.

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 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