
“There have been only two geniuses in the world — Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.”-Tallulah Bankhead. Though Ms. Bankhead died in 1968, I think this remains true today. True genius is hard to find, stable, legal or otherwise-even if you pay for LinkedIn Premium.
“Youth may outrun the old, but not outwit.” Geoffrey Chaucer
"The gretest clerkes ben not the wisest men." Geoffrey Chaucer. My studies have indicated that "clerkes" is Middle English for "judges".
"Full wise is he that can himselven knowe.-Geoffrey Chaucer.
"One eare it heard, at the other out it went."-Geoffrey Chaucer, after losing a discovery motion on Friday morning at Ye Olde County Building.
"The lyfe so short, the craft so long to lerne,
Th’ assay so hard, so sharpe the conquering." -Geoffrey Chaucer.
That Jeff Chaucer was a smart guy indeed. And his quotes sound the more impressive as they are in Middle English, forsooth.
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