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PROVERB
A GENIUS IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A CRACKPOT UNTIL HE HITS THE JACKPOT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A FAVORITE SAYING OF A TEACHER AT MILLER HIG
IN DETROIT, ABOUT 1941, WHO WAS A FRUSTRATED INVENTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RECOGNITION OF GENIUS ; SUCCESS
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971