Fame
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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view
Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing
Fame may be compared to a scold; the best way to silence her is to let her alone, and she will at last be out of breath in blowing her own trumpet
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know
The only pleasure of fame is that it proves the way to pleasure; and the more intellectual our pleasure, the better for the pleasure and for us too
Fame is the thirst of youth
What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous
He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives
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