Tao Te Ching

“To win his two dozen victories, Sophocles had to be wondrously fertile and able to produce on demand. A man of wealth, noted for his elegant style of life, he was a model of the Athenian public man of letters… He served as a treasurer for tribute money, was elected one of Athen’s ten generals, mounted many expeditions, and—at the age of 83—served on a commission to reorganize the government.”

— Daniel J. Boorstin 1914 – 2004 CE
American intellectual Paul Revere
from Creators--Heroes of the Imagniation