Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
LORD BYRONWhat is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
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The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.
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The first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism.
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The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
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Come what may, I have been blest.
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Hatred is the madness of the heart.
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Who then will explain the explanation?
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Hearts will break – yet brokenly, live on.
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Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.
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Eat, drink and love…the rest is not worth a nickel
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If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself…that a tiger is an optical illusion–well, he will find out he is wrong.
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What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking!
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We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most; why should I believe mysteries no one can understand, because written by men who chose to mistake madness for inspiration and style themselves Evangelicals?
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In solitude, where we are least alone.
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