July 13th, 2007

{daily archives}

History as we rewrite it …

Where does the true worth of a man lie? In his (creative) accomplishment? In his moral integrity?

I find it very paradoxical that a lot of how we judge a man in his own time has a lot to do with our perception of him, whereas in posterity he is judged by the value of his work, and all his personal characteristics go into the making of his legend.

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