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There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fa

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. – Jean De La Bruyere

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How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. – Alexander The Great

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