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"It is a great thing, indeed, to make a proper use of the poetical forms, as also of compounds and strange words. But the greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in dissimilars."
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"To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill."
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"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook."
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"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."
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"Genius is childhood recalled at will."
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"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last."
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"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."
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"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."
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"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."
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"One who knows what he or she knows as well as what he or she does not know is a genius."
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"For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius."
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"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."
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"Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal."
Democracy
"What lies in our power to do it lies in our power not to do."
Power
"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."
Friendship
"Man is by nature a civic animal."
Society
"Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods."
Friendship
"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."
Freedom
"Nature does nothing in vain."
Nature
"We shall learn the qualities of governments in the same way as we learn the qualities of individuals, since they are revealed in their deliberate acts of choice; and these are determined by the end that inspires them."
Politics
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
Art
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