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"Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien."
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"Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!"
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"The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."
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"It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document."
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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 the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint."
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"Of all the things in the world, I'm particularly amazed at, is the conviction with which the MIND, endorses an Idea, which is phenomenal, as it differentiates the Genius from Mediocre, or not to forget the human stupidity in particular!"
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"People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius."
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"To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius."
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"What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero."
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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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"We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives."
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"So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born."
Time
"A strong foe is better than a weak friend."
Friendship
"When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels."
Life
"Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth."
Earth
"The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent."
Love
"Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien."
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"Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away."
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"We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared."
Independence
"What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore."
Man
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