Dullness is so much stronger than genius because there is so much more of it, and it is better organised and more naturally cohesive. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

Dullness is so much stronger than genius because there is so much more of it, and it is better organised and more naturally cohesive.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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