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"Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline."
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"When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived."

"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."

"Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings, it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky."

"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts, they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."

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

"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."

"A genius is a grownup that remained a kid."

"Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal."
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"The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance."

"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

"The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions."

"A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards."

"Fate has carried me'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breastTo pierce another."

"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."
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