Margaret Cavendish Quote

Some brains are barren grounds, that will not bring seed or fruit forth, unless they are well manured with the old wit which is raked from other writers and speakers.


The Cavalier and His Lady: Selected from the Works of the First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle (ed. 1872)


Some brains are barren grounds, that will not bring seed or fruit forth, unless they are well manured with the old wit which is raked from other...

Some brains are barren grounds, that will not bring seed or fruit forth, unless they are well manured with the old wit which is raked from other...

Some brains are barren grounds, that will not bring seed or fruit forth, unless they are well manured with the old wit which is raked from other...

Some brains are barren grounds, that will not bring seed or fruit forth, unless they are well manured with the old wit which is raked from other...