A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Boris Yeltsin, (Feb 1 1931-2007), Russian politician; He was mayor of Moscow, 1985-1987, and president of Russia since 1990; he became the first popularly elected leader.