#genius

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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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. ↗

— Stendhal

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All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton Stephens

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I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius. ↗

— Leo Szilard

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The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius. ↗

— Craig Bruce

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Taste is the feminine of genius. ↗

— Edward Fitzgerald

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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 him." [Thoughts on Various Subjects] ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. ↗

— W. H. Murray

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A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses. ↗

— Robert Musil

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Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. ↗

— Joe Theismann

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