Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones. (Samuel Johnson)

Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.

Samuel Johnson

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