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Oblivion is
the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
-- Antoine Rivarol
1753-1801, French Journalist,
Epigrammatist
Renown? I've
already got more of it than those I respect, and will never
have as much as those for whom I feel contempt..
-- Jean Rostand
1894-1977, French Biologist,
Writer
To become a
celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap,
Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that
floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes
snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a
piece of liver.
-- Philip Roth
1933-, American Novelist
Fame is but
the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
-- Jean Jacques Rousseau
1712-1778, Swiss Political
Philosopher, Educationist, Essayist
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