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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.
If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland (used read more
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),
A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
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.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.
Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.
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.
