Geniuses Quotes by Remy de Gourmont

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“Those men who live with the greatest intensity are often the ones who seem to take least interest in life.”

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“The man of genius may dwell unknown, but one always may recognize the path he has followed into the forest. It was a giant who passed that way. The branches are broken at a height that other men cannot reach.”

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