We want to win praise and admiration--or fame as we prefer to name it--and so we write great books, and paint grand pictures, and sing sweet songs; and toil with willing hands in study, loom, and laboratory.
我们渴望赢得赞美与钦佩——或者用自己更喜欢的名称,名声——于是写伟大的书、画壮丽的画、唱甜美的歌,在书房、织机与实验室中甘愿辛勤劳作。
— Jerome K. Jerome · The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow · On Vanity and Vanities —