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In the march up the heights of fame there comes a spot close to th

In the march up the heights of fame there comes a spot close to the summit in which man reads nothing but detective stories. – Heywood Hale Broun

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Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny. – Proverb

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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame –to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell! – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Fame is the thirst of youth. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. – William Blake

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