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    Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede--not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.

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

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

by John Dryden Found in: Genius Quotes,
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We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

by Lydia M. Child Found in: Genius Quotes,
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No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

by Aristotle Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.

Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.

by Joe Theisman Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more
complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and read more

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more
complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage
to move in the opposite direction.

by John Dryden Found in: Genius Quotes,
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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.

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Genius Quotes,
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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.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Genius Quotes,
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

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