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Genius

«The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.»
«The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.»
«The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents to him;»
«The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest»
Author: Henry Home | About: Generosity, Genius, Wisdom | Keywords: generous
«The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory»
Author: Robert Southey (Poet, Writer) | About: Genius | Keywords: cherishing, contentment, enrich
«The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.»
Author: Stendhal | About: Genius | Keywords: come hell or high water, high water
«The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.»
«The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor»
«Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | About: Genius | Keywords: wrought
«The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age.»
Author: Orson Welles | About: Genius | Keywords: crib