Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Author: Napoleon Bonaparte

Insight: When you chase recognition, you're betting everything on a moment that fades fast. Most of us will be forgotten anyway, so maybe the real move is doing good work for its own sake—that's the only part that actually lasts.

Source: Attributed in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Napoleon BonaparteAttributed in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Insight

When you chase recognition, you're betting everything on a moment that fades fast. Most of us will be forgotten anyway, so maybe the real move is doing good work for its own sake—that's the only part that actually lasts.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military general and the first Emperor of France, reigning from 1804 to 1814. He is best known for his military conquests that expanded the French Empire and his role in the Napoleonic Wars that had a significant impact on European history.

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