Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness.
The hero used to be the one in white. Now he is harder to spot.
Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.
The sacred is found boring by many who find the uncanny fascinating.
Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.
People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.