"For what are men who grasp at praise sublime, But bubbles on the rapid stream of time, That rise, and fall, that swell, and are no more, Born, and forgot, ten thousand in an hour?"
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Edward Young, Love of Fame (1725-1728), Satire II, line 285.
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