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.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.

Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]

Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]

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 might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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

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

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.