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

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 59 BC

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

—Oscar Wilde, 1891

Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.

—Pliny the Younger, c. 110

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

—Cato the Elder, c. 184 BC

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

—Martin Luther, c. 1530

Reality is always the foe of famous names.

—Petrarch, 1337
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