#illustrious

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds. ↗

— Sophocles

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To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour. ↗

— John G. D. Clark

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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do. ↗

— Artemisia Gentileschi

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