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Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
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.
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
Popularity is glory's small change.
Popularity is glory's small change.
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.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.
What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling read more
What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.
