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Quote by John Keats
I would jump down Etna for any public good -- but I hate a mawkish

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

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The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. – John Keats

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Wide sea, that one continuous murmur breeds along the pebbled shore of memory! – John Keats

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

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Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. – Wilson Mizner

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

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Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. – Yogi Berra

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It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadnt claimed my faith as my own I had just grown up with it. – Scott Stapp

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Every country has the government it deserves. – Joseph de Maistre

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