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    Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede--not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.

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No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

by Aristotle Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life.

Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life.

by Goethe Found in: Genius Quotes,
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We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Genius Quotes,
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It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.

It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

by Thomas A. Edison Found in: Genius Quotes,
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The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us read more

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing.

by Gamal Abdel Nasser Found in: Genius Quotes,
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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.

by Albert Camus 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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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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