People
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 Earl Bulwer-Lytton • The Last of the Barons
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This reflects on fame as a trap rather than a gift, claiming true contentment belongs to those who never experience it at all. Having fame is described as a kind of torment to endure, while merely wanting it is framed as an even worse, more consuming form of suffering.
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