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Applause waits on success.
Applause waits on success.
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.