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,
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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.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such
We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;
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Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such
We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;
Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind,
And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.

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.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genii.

True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genii.