Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
“Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.”
p. 114 http://books.google.com/books?id=qCDpAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Fame+is+a+vapor+popularity+an+accident+the+only+earthly+certainty+is+oblivion%22&pg=PA114#v=onepage <br class="br">Mark Twain's Notebook (1935)
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