Famous people and their quotes. Part seventy three.

                                                                    Ptolemy.

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“Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.”

“Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.” 

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/245826.Ptolemy#:~:text=%E2%80%9CMortal%20as%20I%20am%2C%20I,no%20longer%20touch%20the%20earth.%E2%80%9D&text=born%20for%20a%20day.,-But%20when%20I

and 

https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/claudius-ptolemy-526.php