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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.
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
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.
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 the few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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.
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.
Popularity is not leadership.
Popularity is not leadership.
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