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William Hazlitt

"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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"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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"The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."

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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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"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."

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

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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."

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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."

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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."

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

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"The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough."
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"The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us."
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"Horus non numero nisi serenas (I count only the sunny hours)."
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"Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive."
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"Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy."
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"The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases."
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