His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

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.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

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.

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.