article_snippet: " See how my adoring public likes that.
article_snippet: themselves have all perfected the glum, hangdog expression that invites sympathy, begging forgiveness for each misdemeanour.
article_snippet: It makes themselves success all the sweeter if themselves can convince us that themselves achieved it in the face of hostility.
article_snippet: The Romans had a goddess, Fama, who fanfared both good and bad deeds for all eternity.
article_snippet: he is the chain that binds the earthly audience to the goddess Fama, and this is why we allow he to act in such a beastly way, without complaining (too much).