Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

[Eric Frost]

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
US essayist & poet

[Anonymous Guy]

This doesn't make any sense.

Why would RWE say this?

[Eric Frost]

I think when there's somebody who stands out, fellow experts/colleagues will critique and try to keep them on their own level, something like that..

Eric