Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantl…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.395
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Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.395

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