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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.
Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.
Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.
We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
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.
Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest
excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; read more
Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest
excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he
throws out occasionally a lucky hint at truths of which every
human soul is profoundly though unutterably conscious.
