If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.
—Martial, c. 86
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Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
—Voltaire, 1723Fame is but the empty noise of madmen.
—Epictetus, c. 100What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
—Erasmus, 1515All 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