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"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."
"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."
"Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable."
"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."
"Brilliant people never think of the lives they smash, being brilliant."
"Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius."
"All the geniuses and greats are really just nerds with experience."
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"What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat."
"The liberal arts do not conduct the soul all the way to virtue, but merely set it going in that direction."
"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers."
"Certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly."
"Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find."
"F you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen."
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