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Fame is but the empty noise of madmen.

—Epictetus, c. 100

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

—Oscar Wilde, 1891

How sweet it is to have people point and say, “There he is.”

—Persius, c. 60

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

—Albert Einstein, 1931

They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

—Martin Luther, c. 1530

Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame—to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell!

—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1843
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