William Gilmore Simms Quote

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.


Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside (ed. 1853)


He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.