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"To sentence a man of true genius to the drudgery of a school, is to put a race horse in a mill."
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Charles Caleb ColtonCharles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
"To sentence a man of true genius to the drudgery of a school, is to put a race horse in a mill."
"When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply."
"We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire."
"He that sympathizes in all the happiness of others, perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness."
"None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation."
"That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time."