Adah Isaacs Menken Professions : Actress Born : June 15, 1835 Died : August 10, 1868 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Adah Isaacs Menken Good women are rarely clever and clever women are rarely good. Adah Isaacs Menken clever-woman good-woman clever There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field. Adah Isaacs Menken genius work men There is a graveyard in my poor heart - dark, heaped-up graves, from which no flowers spring. Adah Isaacs Menken grief flower spring Life is a lie, and Love a cheat. Adah Isaacs Menken and-love life lying Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors