"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."

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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."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

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"A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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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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"The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

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"What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos."

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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."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Genius, Intuition, Perception, Teachability

"There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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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."

"The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express."

"A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else."

"Out there, there is some kinda genius person... I am talking about Sherlock Holmes... First very fast talking + in the same full of knowledge."

"The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be."

"What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around."

"Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos."

"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."

"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."

"There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling."

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"The direction of the mind is more important than its progress."

"Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader."

"Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other."

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"A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve."

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"Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of."

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