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    Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
    A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
    A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.

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Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of read more

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.

by G. C. Lichtenberg Found in: Genius Quotes,
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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

by Oscar Levant Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius is intensity. The man who gets anything worth having is the man who goes after his object as a read more

Genius is intensity. The man who gets anything worth having is the man who goes after his object as a bulldog goes after a cat - with every fiber in him tense with eagerness and determination.

by C. Holman Found in: Genius Quotes,
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When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

by Arthur Rimbaud Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more
complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and read more

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more
complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage
to move in the opposite direction.

by John Dryden Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.

Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.

by Joe Theisman Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration.

by John Dryden Found in: Genius Quotes,
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