John Todd - Nothing is so much coveted by a young man as the reputation of being a geni

Nothing is so much coveted by a young man as the reputation of being a genius; and many seem to feel that the want of patience for laborious application and deep research is such a mark of genius as cannot be mistaken: while a real genius, like Sir Isaac Newton, with great modesty says, that the great and only difference between his mind and the minds of others consisted solely in his having more patience.

- John Todd

source: John Todd (1856). “The student's manual: designed”, p.23

topic: Real, Men, Differences, Isaac, Real Genius