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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.
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and
no genius can long or often utter read more
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and
no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited
and gladly entertained by men around him.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Genius is the power of lighting one's own fire.
Genius is the power of lighting one's own fire.
Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]
Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
