How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? John 5:44
Popularity is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. > Thomas Paine
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. > William Penn
The love of popularity seems little else than the love of being beloved; and is only blameable when a person aims at the affections of a people by means in appearance honest, but in their end pernicious and destructive. > William Shenston
The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and even the absurdities of his time. > Alphonse de Lamartine
The common people are but ill judges of a man’s merit; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honours on those who least deserve them. > Horace
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw and feathers. > Julius Charles Hare
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow. > Washington Irving
Popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. > Edwin Forrest
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. > Thomas Carlyle
Seek not the favour of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not voices, but weight them. > Immanuel Kant
The way to gain a good reputation is, to endeavour to be what you desire to appear. > Socrates
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its objects. > Joseph Addison
See also Exodus 23:2; Proverbs 27:21; Matthew 7:13-14.
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