“Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.”
Ashleigh Brilliant (1933) American author and cartoonist
“Gentlemen, we have a master; this young man does everything, can do everything and will do everything.”
Messieurs, nous avons un maître, ce jeune homme fait tout, peut tout, et veut tout.
Speaking of Napoleon I of France, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), "Character", p. 105.
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