 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Men become famous in many different ways, the commonest being the possession of some rare skill. Shakespeare, Napoleon, film stars, and great athletes can do things that other people would like to do but cannot. In rivals this is a ground of envy, but in those who are too humble to be rivals it is a ground of admiration: Huygens and Leibniz were delighted by the rumour that Newton had gone mad, but Pope, who did not aspire to scientific eminence, could praise Newton sincerely up to the limits of his deserts.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 5
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