Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906
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Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 110Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.
—Julie Burchill, 1986Reality is always the foe of famous names.
—Petrarch, 1337Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.
—Sarah Bernhardt, 1904All people have the common desire to be elevated in honor, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
—Mencius, c. 330 BC