“Only I was afraid you would be getting so learned,” said Celia, regarding Mr. Casaubon’s learning as a kind of damp which might in due time saturate a neighboring body.
I found that no genius in another could please me. My unfortunate paradoxes had entirely dried up that source of comfort.
Goldsmith
I found that no genius in another could please me. My unfortunate paradoxes had entirely dried up that source of comfort.