Quote#Truth
Popularity is a hasty and busy talker, she catches hold of topics and…
Quote byJohn Clare · 1793–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Popularity of Authorship (1824).
English (original)
Popularity is a hasty and busy talker, she catches hold of topics and offers them to fame without giving herself time to reflect whether they are true or false.
— John Clare
More from John Clare
And don't despise your betters cause they're old.
Superstition lives longer than books, it is engraved on the human mind 'til it becomes a part of its existence.
And what is Life? — An hour-glass on the run,
Fashion is her favourite disciple.
Arts may ply fantastic anatomy but nature is always herself in her wildest moods of extravagence.
Throw not my words away, as many do; They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.