It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness. – Fred Hoyle, Of Man and Galaxies

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault