A Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Desiderius Erasmus

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Everybody Hates Head Old Shoulders Young

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Desiderius Erasmus
Dutch - Philosopher
October 28, 1466 - July 12, 1536

Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then takes a young heart heating under fourscore winters.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

Menander

The prodigy who fades is an old story. But the prodigy who sets a high mark when young and then hits that mark, or exceeds it, over and over again, for a full lifespan, is truly remarkable, and worth celebrating.

John Baird

I'm always being told I've got an old head on young shoulders, which is probably due to the way my mum and dad brought me up.

Amy Macdonald

A lot of people say I've got an old head on young shoulders and I think that's because I'd been around boxing for a long time before I actually started doing it.

Callum Smith

A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I think when you are a young kid and you are a prodigy, other parents, when their child is on your team, they aren't even mad that their kid isn't getting the shine because that other kid is special.

Jamal Crawford

Everybody hates Goodell. He unifies all Patriots fans, all New England, everybody hates him equally. He's really a hated guy.

Dave Portnoy

I was called a dance prodigy since I was young. A prodigy is like a genius. But I'm not a genius. It's just that what I do a little bit better than others, and that happens to be dancing.

Min

We see the most beautiful creations whither. The beautiful young maiden becomes the old woman and she hates her body because it isn't what it used to be. The young man becomes the old dotard who has trouble remembering.

Frederick Lenz

But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody.

Marcus Allen

All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions of the past--men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries-- young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions and suspicions.

John F. Kennedy

I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You're one of the pros.

Magnus Carlsen

I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.

C. S. Lewis

And to bring in a new word by the head and shoulders, they leave out the old one.

Michel de Montaigne

Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.

Pamela Adlon

How could anyone love Him? What did you just tell me yourself about the world? Don't you see, everybody hates God now. It's not that God is dead in the twentieth century. It's that everybody hates Him! At least I think so.

Anne Rice

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