Andre Maurois. The September rose (№ 215289)

... Talent and fame are two very different things. Sometimes they coincide, but often diverge. There is a caste untouchable, is such a person to write something like: "this morning the sky was overcast; I decided to wear warmer pants", as everyone starts screaming about his genius, and is, on the contrary, the geniuses who are recognized as such only after their death.