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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."

"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."

"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."

"Genius is nothing but continued attention."

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

"In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still."
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"Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today."


"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."
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