Fame is the accumulation of misunderstandings around a well-known name

Gregory Benford
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  3. The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

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  3. Civilization was a defense against nature’s raw power.

  4. To be a leader meant that sometimes you had to look away from the pain

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