Elon Musk (1971) South African-born American entrepreneur
Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)
“The lieutenant-colonel realized for the first time what most people never realize about themselves—that he was not only a victim of outrageous fortune, but one of outrageous fortune’s cruelest agents as well.”
— Kurt Vonnegut, book The Sirens of Titan
Source: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 6 “A Deserter in Time of War” (p. 162)
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Maxim 212.
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Variant translations:
The ruffian and the villain we call a mere fellow. I have heard of killing the fellow Chou; I have not heard of killing a king.
As translated in Free China Review, Vol. 5 (1955)
I have merely heard of killing a villain Zhou, but I have not heard of murdering the ruler.
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The Mencius
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