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The love of
the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its
intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is
independent of persons.
-- Susan Sontag
1933-, American Essayist
Fame has also
this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct
our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
-- Baruch
Benedict de) Spinoza
(1632-1677, Dutch Philosopher and Theologian
What is fame?
The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself
know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
-- Leszczynski Stanislaus
1677-1766, Polish King
The love of
fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
-- Publius Cornelius Tacitus
55-117 AD, Roman Historian
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