• Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it we must direct our lives in such a way as to please the fancy of men, avoiding what they dislike and seeking what is pleasing to them.

  Baruch Spinoza
  Dutch philosopher 1632-1677
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1. drawback
2. avoiding
3. pleasing
4. seeking
5. fancy

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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it we must direct our lives in such a way as to please the fancy of men, avoiding what they dislike and seeking what is pleasing to them. by : Baruch Spinoza

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