Quote#Art
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius, a…
Quote byWilliam Rounseville Alger · 1822–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Utility and Futility of Aphorisms," 1863, p. 180.
English (original)
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius, a vital appropriating exercise of mind, closely allied to that which first created it.
— William Rounseville Alger
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