Prodigies Quotes
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”
'The Vanity of Human Wishes' (1749) l. 315
And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius.
John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.91, Penguin
If a sense of duty tortures a man, it also enables him to achieve prodigies.
H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.268, Vintage
Jonathan Swift (1998). “The Sayings of Jonathan Swift”, p.44, Gerald Duckworth & Co