Quote#World
It is not for the world to judge, but to crown them all alike. Each…
Quote byClarence Darrow · 1857–1938
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Voltaire (1916).
English (original)
It is not for the world to judge, but to crown them all alike. Each and all lived out their own being, did their work in their own way, and carried a reluctant, stupid humanity to greater possibilities and grander heights.
— Clarence Darrow
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