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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 popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else."
"What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around."
"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."
"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."
"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."
"Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable."
Explore more quotes by Seneca
"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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