Brightest Individual

Famous quotes containing the words brightest and/or individual:

“That now his brightest diamond is grown
Darker by far than any coalpit stone.”
—Edward Taylor (1645–1729)

“The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)