No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

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.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated read more

In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such
We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;
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Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such
We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;
Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind,
And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.