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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.]
Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]
Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
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.
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 hath electric power which earth can never tame.
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.