Quote#Self
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps
Quote byEdward Young · 1683–1765
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Night VI, Line 309..
English (original)
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt’s fall.
— Edward Young
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