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    Genius is intensity. The man who gets anything worth having is the man who goes after his object as a bulldog goes after a cat - with every fiber in him tense with eagerness and determination.

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Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.

by Georg Lichtenberg Found in: Genius Quotes,
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But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

by John Dryden Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what
is impossible for talent is genius.

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

by Henri-fréderic Amiel Found in: Genius Quotes,
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What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

by Henry David Thoreau 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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As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the
parts of intellect are whetstones to each read more

As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the
parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius,
which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character
too.

by Cyrus Augustus Bartol Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

by Horace Found in: Genius Quotes,
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To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the read more

To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

by Lydia M. Child Found in: Genius Quotes,
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