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    But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.

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    But the divinest poem, or the life of a great man, is the severest satire.... The greater the genius, the keener the edge of the satire.

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    By cultivating an interest in a few good books which contain the result of the toil or the quintessence of the genius of some of the most gifted thinkers of the world, we need not live on the marsh and in the mists. The slopes and ridges invite us.

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    By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.

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    By... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated.

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    By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound

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    By the sense of mystery I understand the experience of certain places and times when one's whole nature seems to be in touch with a presence, a genius loci, a potency.

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    Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.

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    Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

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    Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection.

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    Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.

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    Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.

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    Churchill was fundamentally what the English call unstable - by which they mean anybody who has that touch of genius which is inconvenient in normal times.

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    Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.

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    Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

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    Common sense is as rare as genius.

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    Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.

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    Common sense is better than genius, and hence its bestowment is more universal.

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    Common sense is the genius of mankind.

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    Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

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    Comparing man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not possess a genius for ornamentation if she did not also possessan instinct for the secondary role.

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    Conceit spoils the finest genius.

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    Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

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    Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.

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    Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. . . . Time will reverse the judgement of the vulgar.

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    Consolation for those moments when you can't tell whether you're the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world.

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    Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.

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    Courage of soul is necessary for the triumphs of genius.

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    Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

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    Curiosity, or the love of knowledge, has a very limited influence, and requires youth, leisure education, genius and example to make it govern any person

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    Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.

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    Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.

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    Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.

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    Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

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    Dandyism is a species of genius.

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    Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

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    Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.

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    Delirium tremens in a drunk alcoholic are an unmistakable symptom, but those intoxicated with theories are easily mistaken for geniuses.

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    Death cancels everything but truth; and strips a man of everything but genius and virtue. It is a sort of natural canonization.

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    Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent.

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    Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

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

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    [Dmitry Bilozerchev] is a genius of gymnastics.

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    Does research get in the way of the story? It certainly can. Anything can, given that as writers we're all geniuses at procrastination. But mostly research teaches me about the world. Which often shows me the way, in terms of the story.

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    Donald Trump, as a businessman, he's not much of a builder and he's not much of dealmaker and he certainly isn't very good at making expenses line up with income. But he is a marketing genius. He must have seen an empty market niche that no one but him filled.

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    Donald Trump's a businessman, he's a very successful businessman. I think he's a marketing genius.

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    Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!

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    Don't be a genius, my son, it isn't good for anybody.

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    Don't be jealous of my genius.

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    Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to act