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Genius Quotes
"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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"Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way."
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"A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old."
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"A man's genius seems to befriend the more when he reads with open heart, the masterpiece of masterminds, the sagacity of sages, and the ingenious words of geniuses of ages."
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"A genius is a grownup that remained a kid."
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"Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings, it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky."
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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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"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."
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"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."
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"When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against."
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"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."
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"When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived."
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"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."
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"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."
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"Brilliant people never think of the lives they smash, being brilliant."
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