"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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"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

John Philip Sousa, American Musician

Genius, Development, May, Production

"There is no off position on the genius switch."

David Letterman, American Comedian

Genius,

"It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Genius, Constitution, Invention

"Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Genius, Man

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."

Christopher Morley, American Author

Genius, Conversation

"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Genius, Expression, Man, Right

"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Genius, Energy, Force, Goodness

"Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

Genius,

"I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that."

Randy Newman, American Comedian

Genius, Idea, Earth

"All the geniuses and greats are really just nerds with experience."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Genius, Experience, Truth, Knowledge

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"The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way: an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body."

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"The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts."

Ethics

"As is our confidence, so is our capacity."

Confidence

"I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home."

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"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."

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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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"There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us."

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"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

"There is no off position on the genius switch."

"It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention."

"Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one."

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."

"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."

"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force."

"Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius."

"I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that."

"All the geniuses and greats are really just nerds with experience."

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"The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way: an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body."

"We must be doing something to be happy."

"Horus non numero nisi serenas (I count only the sunny hours)."

"Words are the only things that last for ever."

"The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts."

"As is our confidence, so is our capacity."

"I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home."

"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."

"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."

"There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us."