It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few individuals for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular assessment of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Interview, Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (1921)

 
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