The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or…

William Hazlitt
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The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.269, Delphi Classics
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