Whatever is popular deserves attention.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

Popularity is not leadership.

Popularity is not leadership.

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

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 few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

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.

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.

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.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.