Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: "Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life".


Letters and Social Aims (1876) - Quotation and Originality

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed ...

Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed ...

Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed ...

Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed ...