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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.
Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey read more
Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.
In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated read more
In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
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.
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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.
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.