Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was read more

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist
Wahreits-Liebe.]

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.

But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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.