I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great remains of his love, to choose the mildest sentence.
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Born:
November 8, 1710
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“I felt like an extraordinary hero. I was only five or six and I had the whole of life in my hands. Even if I had been driving the carriage of the sun I could not have felt any better.”
“I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.”