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"The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."
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"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."
Wisdom
"There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little."
Man
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
Adversity
"Science is but an image of the truth."
Science
"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."
Friendship
"Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible."
Truth
"A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it."
Opportunity
"Wise men make more opportunities than they find."
Man
"Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished."
Nature
"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
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"This was genius at close quarters, and genius had that something above normal in it that was a great strain upon the ordinary mind and feeling. All five were different from each other, yet each had that curious quality of burning intensity, the single-mindedness of purpose that made such a terrifying impression. She did not know whether it were a quality of brain or rather a quality of outlook, of intensity. But each of them, she thought, was in his or her way a passionate idealist."
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"When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived."
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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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"Out there, there is some kinda genius person... I am talking about Sherlock Holmes... First very fast talking + in the same full of knowledge."
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"Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings, it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky."
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"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts, they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."
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"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."
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"If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators."
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"Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way."
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"A genius is a grownup that remained a kid."
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