And what will history say of me a thousand years hence?
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 59 BC
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 110I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
—Cato the Elder, c. 184 BCThey are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
—Martin Luther, c. 1530Reality is always the foe of famous names.
—Petrarch, 1337