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Prodigies Quotes

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Desiderius Erasmus (1986). “Literary and Educational Writings: Panegyricus and Philippum Austriaeducem. Moriae encomium. Dialogus Julius exclusus e coelis. Institutio principis christiani. Querela pacis”

Fears of the brave and follies of the wise.

'The Vanity of Human Wishes' (1749) l. 315

If a sense of duty tortures a man, it also enables him to achieve prodigies.

H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.268, Vintage

Ah, a German and a genius ! A prodigy, admit him !

Jonathan Swift (1998). “The Sayings of Jonathan Swift”, p.44, Gerald Duckworth & Co