If children grew up according to early indication
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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is g
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Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
In every work of genius, we recognize our own rej
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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -
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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius
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Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.
There is no great genius without some touch of ma
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There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
A genius is one who shoots at something no one el
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A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see - and hits it.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year.
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Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
I think this is the most extraordinary collection
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I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because
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I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patien
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Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.
The reluctance to put away childish things may be
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The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius.
I have known no man of genius who had not to pay,
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I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
Every true genius is bound to be naive.
Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special
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Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power.
Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themsel
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Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
Every man of genius is considerably helped by bei
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Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness ar
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A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
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