Plutarch says that a traveler at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but a goose can."
There are many who have abilities to do greater things who are content to boast of some accomplishment as useless as standing on one leg.
There are many who have abilities to do greater things who are content to boast of some accomplishment as useless as standing on one leg.
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