Luc de Clapiers Quotes About Fame
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He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves.
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The light of the dawn is not so sweet as the first glimpses of fame.
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As soon as an opinion becomes common it is sufficient reason for men to abandon it and to uphold the opposite opinion until that in its turn grows old, and they require to distinguish themselves by other things. Thus if they attain their goal in some art or science, we must expect them soon to cast it aside to acquire some fresh fame, and this is partly the reason why the most splendid ages degenerate so quickly, and, scarcely emerged from barbarism, plunge into it again.
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The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
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Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
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You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
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