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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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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. – Joseph Addison

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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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A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. – Fred A. Allen

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In the march up the heights of fame there comes a spot close to the summit in which man reads nothing but detective stories. – Heywood Hale Broun

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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame –to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell! – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. – Joseph Addison

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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. – Natan Sharansky

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