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[Was liegt am Ruhm, da man den Nachruhm nicht erleben kann?]


Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Aphorisms [Aphorismen], No. 293 (1880) [tr. Wister (1883)]

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]]> https://wist.info/von-ebner-eschenbach-marie/77287/feed/ 0 77287 Addison, Joseph -- Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101 https://wist.info/addison-joseph/77248/ https://wist.info/addison-joseph/77248/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:24:31 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=77248 “Censure,” says a late ingenious author, “is the tax a man pays for being eminent.” It is a folly for an eminent man to think of escaping it, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.


Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101

The quotation is from Jonathan Swift. ]]> https://wist.info/addison-joseph/77248/feed/ 0 77248 Swift, Jonathan -- Essay (1706-10), “Thoughts on Various Subjects” https://wist.info/swift-jonathan/77249/ https://wist.info/swift-jonathan/77249/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:19:55 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=77249 Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.


Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) English writer and churchman
Essay (1706-10), “Thoughts on Various Subjects” ]]> https://wist.info/swift-jonathan/77249/feed/ 0 77249 Barzun, Jacques -- Essay (1991), “Schooling No Mystery,” Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning, ch. 1 https://wist.info/barzun-jacques/72361/ https://wist.info/barzun-jacques/72361/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:50:54 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=72361 Everybody keeps calling for Excellence — excellence not just in schooling, throughout society. But as soon as somebody or something stands out as Excellent, the other shout goes up: “Elitism!” And whatever produced that thing, whoever praises that result, is promptly put down. “Standing out” is undemocratic.


Jacques Barzun (1907–2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
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