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There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fa

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. – Jean De La Bruyere

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

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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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

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