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Erostratus burned down the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in 356 B.C., so that his name would be remembered through history.
One of those who remembered it was Cervantes, who lets Don Quixote tell Sancho Panza the story.
And that Alexander was born on the same night.
David Markson • Reader's Block
If forced to choose, Giacometti once said, he would rescue a cat from a burning building before a Rembrandt.