Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Politician (1939) |
Chuck Eddy, Journalist (1960) |
Peter Facinelli, Actor (1973) |
Eugene Ionesco, Dramatist (1912) |
Max Euwe, Celebrity (1981) |
Isabella I, Royalty (1504) |