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A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

—Pericles, c. 450 BC

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, now that, and changes names as it changes in direction.

—Dante Alighieri, c. 1315

And what will history say of me a thousand years hence?

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 59 BC

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

—Julie Burchill, 1986

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.

—Al Capone, 1929

I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.

—Madonna, c. 1985
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