“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

—  Albert Einstein

As Quote Investigator explains, allegories about animals doing impossible things have been incredibly popular in the past century. But no, this one isn&#x27;t from Einstein. (Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/06/fish-climb/.) <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

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