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It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the
enthusiasm of genius.
Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the
enthusiasm of genius.
Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]
Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
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.
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.
