Charles Caleb Colton Quote

When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give him credit for universality of genius, and to anticipate for him success in all that he undertakes.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)


When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give him credit for...

When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give him credit for...

When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give him credit for...

When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give him credit for...