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"Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame."

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Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold.

— Vanna Bonta

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As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.

— Walter Savage Landor

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