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A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.

Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.39
A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.