“A fool and his words are soon parted; a man of genius and his money.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) English gardener
On Reserve
“But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.”
1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837)
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