A brass lamp with a green shade lighting a gilded paper crown and a crumpled one on a navy background.

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Thomas Fuller

All fame is dangerous: Good, bringeth Envy; Bad, Shame.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Fame is risky either way, this says. Good fame draws envy from others, and bad fame brings shame. The rhymed, old-fashioned phrasing makes it sound like a neat proverb about how being widely noticed rarely comes free.

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