The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.(Napoleon Bonaparte)

Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. (Friedrich von Schiller)

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. (H. G. Wells)