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.

When Nature has work to be done, she create a genius to do it.

When Nature has work to be done, she create a genius to do it.

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for read more

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.

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.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

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.]

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.