"It is easy to carp at colleges,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is easy to carp at colleges, and the college, if he will wait for it, will have its own turn. Genius exists there also, but will not answer a call of a committee of the House of Commons. It is rare, precious, eccentric, and darkling.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.”
“For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.”
“The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State.”