Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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.

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.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

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.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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

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

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.