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Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.
Popularity is glory's small change.
Popularity is glory's small change.
Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!
Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
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.
Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost
lost that built it.
Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost
lost that built it.
