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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Born: Aug 15, 1769
Died: May 5, 1821

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Obscurity, Glory, Forever, Fleeting

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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. Thomas Merton
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I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. Aldous Huxley
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Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people. Sonia Sotomayor
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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. Thomas Hardy
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you. Quincy Jones
Hope Music Day You Soul Heart World Will Rest Jazz Our We Cannot One Day Slip Recognize Telling Indigenous Only Obscurity Known Gospel Heart And Soul Legacy Afford America Blues Cannot Popular Popular Music
If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results. Charlotte Bronte
Work Silence Would Results Could Obscurity Known Always Efforts If I Could
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Love Worship Exult Only Obscurity Invisibility Clearness Very Anything Really
Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity. Jim Carrey
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