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A celebrity is one who is known …

25 Feb , 2014  

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know. Mencken, H.L.

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Celebrity is the chastisement of…

14 Jun , 2013  

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. Chamfort, Sebastian

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Fame – a few words upon a tombst…

27 Apr , 2013  

Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. Bovee, Christian Nestell

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Fame is not just. She never fin…

27 Apr , 2013  

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs. Thoreau, Henry David

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Fame lulls the fever of the soul…

27 Apr , 2013  

Fame lulls the fever of the soul, and makes Us feel that we have grasp’d an immortality. Miller, Joaquin

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Fame is the inheritance not of t…

27 Apr , 2013  

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity. Hazlitt, William

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He lives in fame that died in vi…

15 Jan , 2012  

He lives in fame that died in virtue’s cause. Shakespeare, William

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How dreary – to be – somebody! H…

11 Jan , 2012  

How dreary – to be – somebody! How public – like a frog – to tell your name – the livelong June – to an admiring bog! Dickinson, Emily

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I do not like the man who squand…

19 Dec , 2011  

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. Martial

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Men think highly of those who ri…

19 May , 2010  

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. Hare and Charles

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Nothing is so common-place as to…

11 Jan , 2010  

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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O Fame! if I e’er took delight …

11 Jan , 2010  

O Fame! if I e’er took delight in thy praises, ‘Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her. Byron, Lord