Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]

Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]

Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.

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.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.