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Edwin Hubbell Chapin: It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation…

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed," would be nearer the truth.

In today’s wordsFame's penalty is that you must keep rising. "Get a reputation and then go to bed" is the most absurd of maxims; "Keep up your reputation or go to bed" would be nearer the truth.

Edwin Hubbell ChapinCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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