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Quote by William Penn
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. - Willi

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. – William Penn

Other quotes by William Penn

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. – William Penn

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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. – Joseph Heller

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I would jump down Etna for any public good — but I hate a mawkish popularity. – John Keats

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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

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I wouldnt say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. – Bette Midler

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