He who treats another human being as divine thereby assigns to himself the relative status of a child or an animal.
—E. R. Dodds, 1951
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I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
—Cato the Elder, c. 184 BCI won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.
—Madonna, c. 1985A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
—Pericles, c. 450 BCWorldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, now that, and changes names as it changes in direction.
—Dante Alighieri, c. 1315I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
—Al Capone, 1929