A line from Netherlands
A small living planet you can hold.
But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.
Dutch philosopher · 1632–1677
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ethics, Part V, Proposition XLII, scholium
Tr. R. H. M. Elwes, 1883 · Public domain · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)