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“Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.”
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- Source:
- p. 114
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- b42f2f9bb99f575c6955f441f83af8de557e6116a9e2037780a75f45891a8c86
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John Wolcot
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“Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.”
Lord Byron
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.”
Charles Churchill
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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