The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Winston Churchill Quotes

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When a true genius appears in this world you may know him by the sign that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift Quotes

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Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

George Bernard Shaw Quotes

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Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Oscar Wilde Quotes

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I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Oscar Wilde Quotes

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I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Oscar Wilde Quotes

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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein Quotes

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There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Seneca Quotes

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I have nothing to declare but my genius.

Oscar Wilde Quotes

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No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Aristotle Quotes

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Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Henri-Frederic Amiel Quotes , Source: Journal

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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. [Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

Aristotle Quotes , Source: quoted by Burton's in "Anatomy of Melancholy"

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As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character too.

Cyrus Augustus Bartol Quotes , Source: Radical Problems--Individualism

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Genius is only patience. [Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon Quotes , Source: as quoted by Madame de Stael in A. Steven's "Study of the Life and Times of Mme. de Stael"

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Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

Thomas Carlyle Quotes , Source: Frederick the Great (bk. IV, ch. III)

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Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Benjamin Disraeli Quotes , Source: Contarini Fleming (pt. IV, ch. 5)

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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Isaac D'Israeli Quotes , Source: Curiosities of Literature--Poverty of the Learned

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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.

Isaac D'Israeli Quotes , Source: Literary Character of Men of Genius

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To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.

Isaac D'Israeli Quotes , Source: Literary Character of Men of Genius (ch. II)

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Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius.

Isaac D'Israeli Quotes , Source: Literary Character of Men of Genius (ch. XII)

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Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times.

Isaac D'Israeli Quotes , Source: Literary Character of Men of Genius (ch. XXV)

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But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

John Dryden Quotes , Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

John Dryden Quotes , Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)

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Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the opposite direction.

John Dryden Quotes , Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)

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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. . . . It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

John Dryden Quotes , Source: Epistle X--To Congreve (l. 60)

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