Bit by Bit - Chapter 3, Part 3

Trey Smith

If you do good, stay away from fame.
~ Burton Watson translation ~

How often do we read or hear about someone who does a good deed and then garners their "fifteen minutes of fame?" They are feted on talk shows and cameras follow them around wherever they go. In no time at all, fame goes to their head and, all of a sudden, they aren't the nice person they used to be.

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