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    Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
    A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
    A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.

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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

by Arthur Rimbaud Found in: Genius Quotes,
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I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.

by John Dryden Found in: Genius Quotes,
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

by Aristotle Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

by Arthur Schopenhauer Found in: Genius Quotes,
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