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— Epicurus"The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised."
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There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.
— Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
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Great merit, or great failings, will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked in the general run of the world.
— Lord Chesterfield
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