'You prefer to stay here and imagine that all the world is gaping at your pictures?
Just think how full an average man's life is of his own pursuits and pleasures.
When twenty thousand of him find time to look up between mouthfuls and grunt
something about something they aren't the least interested in, the net result
is called fame, reputation, or notoriety, according to the taste and fancy of
the speller my lord.'
Rudyard Kipling
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