“The most talented man, as he has been told many times, does a hundred foolish things in his life.”
Daniel Salamanca (1863–1935) President of Bolivia (1863-1935)
“Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by thanking his rank for his talent.”
Vol. I; VIII
Lacon (1820)
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