To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.

对一个真正有天赋的人判刑，对一个学校的苦差事宣判，无异于把一匹赛马放在跑步机上。

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 柯勒律治