#illustrious

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

— Edmund Waller

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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. ↗

— Sallust

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

— Artemisia Gentileschi

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As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

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