Quote by Joseph Addison
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. - Jos

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. – Joseph Addison

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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object; unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a perpetual succession of miracles rising into view. – Joseph Addison

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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. – W. H. Auden

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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. – Vicki Baum

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Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny. – Proverb

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Youre not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi. – Humphrey Bogart

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Its easy being a humorist when youve got the whole government working for you. – Will Rogers

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