"There iz this difference between genius and common sense in a fox: Common sense is governed by circumstances, but circumstances is governed by genius."
— Foxes

January 1, 1970

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Variant: There is this difference between genius and common sense in a fox: Common sense is governed by circumstances, but circumstances is governed by genius. — Transliterated by Donald Day, ed., Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh or, Josh Billings on practically everything (1953), p. 120.