a dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice. his master suspended a bell about his neck so that the dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went. thinking it a mark of distinction, the dog grew proud of his bell and went tinkling it all over the marketplace. one day an old hound said to him: why do you make such an exhibition of yourself? that bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but on the contrary a mark of disgrace, a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill mannered dog.”

notoriety is often mistaken for fame.