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Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey read more
Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
When Nature has work to be done, she create a genius to do it.
When Nature has work to be done, she create a genius to do it.
Genius is the power of lighting one's own fire.
Genius is the power of lighting one's own fire.
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.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. read more
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
