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True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genii.
True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genii.
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.]
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.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
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.
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for read more
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.