"Charlatanry" Quotes from Famous Books
... Scorning pretense and charlatanry of all kinds, believing that only the best were to be encouraged, he was far from being a man of the people. Only a select few enjoyed his favor, but these few well deserved it. That no others would have deserved it I should be far from intimating. The ... — The Reminiscences of an Astronomer • Simon Newcomb |