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To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the read more
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot read more
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the
opposite direction.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck.
It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.
It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
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.
